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A note on creating communities: Orania in SA is advancing. The central gubbamint of SA is incapable of destroying it or confiscating it or even competing with it.

Orania is succeeding.

Against all odds, it's still there. God bless the Boer; they are superhuman.

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Can you tell me more please?

Why is the Regime branch in SA unable to destroy or confiscate Orania?

How does it protect itself from the Regime and what happens if they show up with guns and tanks one day?

Do the residents of Orania need to abide by ANY of the regime's rules and regulations? Do they pay the regime taxes or any duties? What about "public health" orders such as lockdowns and various mandates?

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I’m no expert on these things. I related what I was stunned to learn from reading articles by observers of SA on Substack.

I speculate the central gubbamint of SA is simply to mired in its own corruption and ignorance to marshal resources to deal with Orania. The regime isn’t likely to have any running tanks and will have to fight with small arms…those that still function. As far as taxes, I’m reasonably certain the whites in Orania are paying to one corrupt official or another. They are successful enough to have set up their own public transportation recently; admitted, it’s only two busses, but that’s better than anywhere else in SA.

I will dig around if/when I can get some time. If I can find the source of the articles I’ll forward it to you.

Orania is very interesting to watch.

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Appreciate that. Thank you. I am very interested in the practicalities of how a "parallel community/system" actually defends its turf and people from regime encroachment.

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Will do what I can. Substack does not search well and I cannot recall the author, though he writes regularly on the doings in SA.

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A note - if you're going to do something, do it at the start. At least where I'm at, once it becomes known that there's a reason for a community to exist, and people start moving out there, land values sky rocket. Values 25 years ago were about 200-300 an acre I'm told. 8 years ago they were about 2000 to 3000 an acre. With covid, it went up to 3000-5000 depending on location.

That's in a rural location, with limited utilities, and low median wages.

It obviously differs extremely depending on location, but that's what I've seen. Also, the intentional communities bring all sorts of crazy people. Right now we have the "I need to escape the crazy elections" going on, as happens every 4 years. Between elections we usually calm down to people that honestly want to move for religious and community reasons.

We in the community view it as God's will and plan though. People move, and move away, quickly if they're not meant to be here. It's not an easy life. And the children definitely don't stay if the family isn't here for the right reasons. So, the community self sorts, on a long enough time line.

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Oct 14Liked by Alan Schmidt

Counterpoint: the legal threat of last resort would be Eminent Domaine in the United States, permitted by the Constitution and expanded by Kelo V New London. Roadblocks would need to be implemented to make the land "undesirable."

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Oct 12Liked by Alan Schmidt

Land in Alabama and Mississippi remain cheap. The trouble is that rural communities for working class families is often impractical. For those families where the primary breadwinner can work remotely, the work is freelance or there is a need to come into the office from time to time, and southern states are simply not as dominated by the legal, finance and IT business sectors.

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I appreciate this non-black pill. Just start! We're only doomed if we don't start.

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LLC is an interesting idea

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Hello. I am looking for the nice picture that features your article (colorful village) but that does not appear in it. Is there any way for you to provide a hi-res picture, for printing, please? Thank you if possible!

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