Dear Homesteader's Self-Reliance is a Delusion. Yes, this is the title of a

recently published article on Forbes.com. On today's episode of the Pioneer Today podcast,

we are going to give a reply to this article

and really dig deep and start to dissect in it what self-reliance and how really My name is Melissa K Norris and I am so excited that you are joining me on this edition of the

podcast which is episode number 114. I am the author of The Made From Scratch Life, simple ways to create a natural home and my new book

Handmaid, which will be coming out this October, and also the Creator and lead teacher at the

Pioneering today Academy.

I am super excited that you have joined me today

because we are all about inspiring your faith

and your pioneer roots using old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom in a modern world.

Let's dive into this.

Okay, so the article like I mentioned was on Forbes.com and the title says Dear Homesteader self-reliance is a delusion.

And while I can't read the article word for word for you because of copyright and all of that,

in the show notes I will link to the article and you can go and read

it for yourself to find the show notes you can go to molliska noris

com click on the podcast button and this is episode number 114.

Basically, the author or the writer of this article,

he wrote this article on the basis of saying

he's a really big fan of shows, reality TV shows on TV like

doomsday preppers, homesteaders, survivalists, and people who live off of the grid.

His conclusion from watching these shows is there's a central delusion that off-grid people are not really

self-reliant and actually instead are moochers of civil society, government, and taking advantage of the things that the rest of society

...