Sure, death and taxes are a given and nothing new under the sun. But there are plenty of ways around taxes and butting heads with law enforcement and government officials provided you are willing to live a simple life close to nature and God. This forum both in it's past incarnation and present incarnation has been advising men to get off the grid ASAP for the better part of a decade. One thread back in the day advised buying property in unincorporated rural areas of America with little to no building codes. I heeded that advice and bought 10 wooded acres for $8,000 that adjoins 800,000 acres of national forest. In essence, I have about a 100,000 acres all to myself. In four years I've only heard/seen 3 people on "my" 100,000 acres. And no one knows that land like me. I have zero fear that this will change in my lifetime. My taxes are $800 a year. I'm not a genius and have no particular skill set, yet I broke free of the matrix. If I can do it, anyone can. As for all the theories of "They" are coming for you, I've been hearing that BS my entire life and it just hasn't happened. I don't care about the "millions" of people who are getting ruined by these forces that are larger than them. I pray for them, and wish them the best, but they dug their own graves by investing in a society that is built on greed, gluttony, lust, and sloth.