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Great post. I don't have the answers but I struggle with the same questions. Here are some books and links I've found to be helpful:
Buycott app - vote with your wallet and stop giving your money to TPTB
Radical Homemaker - " empowerment, transformation, happiness, and casting aside the pressures of a consumer culture to live in a world where money loses its power to relationships, independent thought, and creativity"
Mr Money Mustache - terrific blog written by a man who retired at 30, teaches others how to earn, save, and live with true freedom
The key is SELF-SUFFICIENCY. Understand that, the system is the way it is today because people have become dependent on food, dependent on materials, dependent on consumption, and dependent on jobs. The only way to free yourself is to drop the dependency and learn self-reliance in all areas of life.
> Before you do any of this you have to learn how to farm. Like actually farm, not Farming Simulator.
This is actually the hardest part. The rest is manageable and you don't actually need a lot of money. I know some people using the model in Radical Homemakers to do this kind of stuff on a skinflint budget.