By Will Potter For Dailymail. Web
According to” Operation Self-Reliance,” hundreds of people have set themselves up to live off the land, believing that getting away from the grid is the answer to a crumbling culture.
Previous general contractor Philip Gleason, 74, felt compelled to let people grow their own food, pumps their own water, and concentrate solely on themselves. He founded the village.
He acknowledged to Deseret News that the intended goal of the Biden administration was to elude the” lunacy” of the modern world and the current political climate, even though some people choose to live there for health or environmental factors.  ,
‘ We seem to be undergoing a historical trend in the U. S.,’ he said. ‘ When we first came out below, we thought it might be too much away… Now, with all that’s happening, we wonder if it’s considerably enough. ‘ ,
People of the OCR co-op in Riverbed Ranch in Juab County live about entirely off-the-grid.  ,
Because the property has no provincial power system and no sanitation facilities, the tenants each purchase their own two-acre plot, where their only option is to increase all of their own food.  ,
A portion of the co-op costs at least$ 35, 000, but that is before people have to fulfill the requirements set forth by Gleason, such as building your own home from scratch.  ,
Residents may also build a house, install a septic program, produce their own solar power, drill a well to the water dozens of feet below and create a greenhouse.  ,
These expenses, OCR’s site admits, had run up at least another$ 235, 000, which the corporation blames on’ the Covid lunacy driving the cost of building materials up considerably. ‘ ,
Gleason’s two-acre patch offers him an opportunity to put his lifelong survivalist obsession to the test, including planting sunflowers to provide shade because the Utah desert ca n’t sustain any trees.  ,
He claimed to have received the flower seeds from a friend who had lived in Germany after World War II, who had warned him that their post rations were severely lacking.  ,
Showing his doomsday approach, he quipped,’ we’re not that far off these. ‘ ,
Gleason expressed his concern that a number of apocalyptic scenarios may unfold in the upcoming years, including a power generator loss that would shut down America’s electricity, atomic war, and cyberattacks.  ,
‘ This is just past repeating itself,’ he cautioned.’ The people who take control of their food are the ones who emerge as leaders in any social revolution. ‘ ,
Those who have settled on Riverbed Ranch have effectively established their own self-sustaining state status as Americans consistently report that they are losing faith in the country’s organizations.  ,
OCR people have a court-like system to resolve issues through the Committee of Disputes, and they elect and assume positions on its own Board of Directors.  ,
The majority of those in the village are fans of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as is the case with some in Utah.  ,
And the co-op has also found a way to avoid using cash, as many even trade in their own make, such as food and cattle.  ,
More than 70 children apparently attend the municipality, where their parents are homeschooling the next generation of anti-sociose residents.  ,
Nevertheless, without any hospitals outside in the desolate deserts, health emergencies appear to be a challenge.  ,
Gleason claimed that since founding the base, he has experienced two heart attacks, and that only one citizen is a registered nurse for property calls, while another is a nurse, who has already delivered three babies.  ,
And while some residents choose to cast ballots in a town two hours away by mail, some people consciously avoid politics. One shareholder admitted to taking her children from California to the commune because their previous vice principal was openly supporting it and was homosexual. ‘ ,
Another couple claimed they had fled Democratic-run Portland because of the same anti-liberal sentiment and that they needed to leave because the city had “lost their minds.” ‘ ,
But Gleason insists that despite the residents ‘ distaste for society, they are far from anarchists- stressing that’ we’re not tax protesters, we do n’t have a militia, we just want to live off the land. ‘ ,
He ended with a depressing warning of what might occur if his prophecies and preparations are confirmed.  ,
‘ When we have this all built out, we might be the third or fourth largest community in the country,’ he said.  ,