amish

Japanese remind me of the Amish in this respect, actually - of course, it has nothing to do with religion.

Yep, the Amish have crime, too, but they tend to blaming the victim in these cases.

And you may find your yourself gladly going to bed earlier than an Amish Farmer.

The views of the Amish regarding technology have absolutely nothing to do with employment rates.

You can even find whole groups of anti-tractor types in the American Amish country.

This is similar (albeit a much less grave subject) to the Amish who weren't eligible for the draft because they were pacifists religion-wise.

At least in the Ohio Amish communities (in businesses), I believe they actually use diesel-driven air compressors out back.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the way Amish people decide to live.

There are some Amish communities that take advantage of pneumatic power.

The Amish believe one must work in harmony with nature.

Also I should mention that even though they represent a tiny fraction of the overall world population, there is a huge amount of diversity even among Amish communities.

> The Amish believe one must work in harmony with nature.

The point of the piece is not "every aspect of the Amish is good and they don't have any genetic problems, either".

So the idea that someone can generalize about how "all amish" live their lives is patently false.

I suggest you pay a visit to Amish country some day and see how people unencumbered with "made up problems" live.

"Wendell Berry wrote that American society’s inability to see the Amish for what they are is indicative of the most basic flaws of the American progress narrative" On the other hand, America is a rare society where Amish phenomenon is possible.

Although I don't advocate living like the Amish, I think that reality is mostly not like what you describe.

There are also plenty of people who just plain don't have social security numbers, like the Old Order Amish.

That field can now support maybe one whole person, who would probably also need to be Amish.