dissemblist:

tilthat:

TIL the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau is often seen as a ‘bible’ for self-sufficiency enthusiasts. However, while many picture Thoreau as a hermit in the woods, his cabin on the lake was about a mile from town, where he would often go to visit his mother, who did his laundry for him.

via reddit.com

this is every libertarian ever

IIRC he also had some neighbours who lived even closer and he’d drop in on them a lot. 

Basically Thoreau wasn’t living in the wilderness, he was living in the ‘burbs.