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Originally Posted by Duik
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Imagine spending 18 yrs educating ya offspring to forego technology and offer them a sweet existance, only for them to to come back and say yea nah, im good parental units Imma be a silicon valley girl.
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yeah... at like age 16 they go on rumspringa and 10% choose to join the world of the "english" they call anyone who isn't Amish english but they have like 500 kids so it doesn't matter if they lose a few
but why not let english people spend a few weeks with the amish and see if they wanna join, i'll bet you alot would choose to join
interesting fact is although they live such simple lives, many amish families are worth millions. wealth is generational and they sell their products but they don't buy much from the outside world, and their whole community is like a religious installation so they get various tax exemptions