>> but are most likely incapable of getting a college degree, without a lot of support
You could say the same of trailer park kids.
I wouldn't expect Amish adults to know how to live in a non-Amish way, how do you expect them to teach that to their children?
If they had all the things you expect people to have, they wouldn't be called Amish, they'd be your neighbours.
You talk with judgement if Amish life is a negative thing. It's how some people live. Let's not dislodge them from it.
How would you like to be told your way of life is enabled by a government that plunders resources overseas, in a nation that was built on the back of slavery and robbing of natives? Not very nice, is it? It's how you live and you like to live how you like to live. Same with the Amish.
>> but are most likely incapable of getting a college degree, without a lot of support
> You could say the same of trailer park kids.
Yes, but you would have a hard time finding an article fetishizing the idyllic, back-to-basics, cultural lifestyle of trailer parks. People generally recognize those conditions are crappy.
> You talk with judgement if Amish life is a negative thing. It's how some people live. Let's not dislodge them from it.
It is a negative thing. Yes, I'm sure some Amish are happy, and that's fine for them. But those who aren't, don't have a real choice to leave.
> How would you like to be told your way of life is enabled by a government that plunders resources overseas, in a nation that was built on the back of slavery and robbing of natives? Not very nice, is it? It's how you live and you like to live how you like to live.
I am working to change my government, and if I were capable I'd work to change the Amish community. Injustice perpetrated by my government doesn't make injustice perpetrated by the Amish community okay.
That's fine for you. But other people trying to change your way of life, they are called extremists.
Trying to change how other people live will only cause suffering. Look at the millions of displaced in Iraq, Syria, Libya, where the West attempted regime change because of injustice (as they claim).
Injustice perpetrated by the Amish community should be left up to members of Amish community to change.
The Amish have a tradition called Rumspringa where teens are given a year of freedom to do anything they want after which they can choose to come back and be Amish or go their own way. Basically, a bunch of kids are sent off into the world with no sex education and told to do whatever they want. Obviously a lot of them come back pregnant or with STDs or drug habits. And with little education and no resources outside the Amish, the choice isn't real; there's no way for them to realistically choose to leave the Amish community. And if somehow they do manage to get enough resources to leave, they can look forward to being ostracized by their friends and family.
Saying that is bad doesn't mean I'm an extremist.
I'm not suggesting we go into Amish communities and overthrow their leaders. I'm just saying I don't think we should fetishize or support their way of life, which is harmful to many who live in it, and we should provide support for people seeking to leave the Amish community.
You could say the same of trailer park kids.
I wouldn't expect Amish adults to know how to live in a non-Amish way, how do you expect them to teach that to their children?
If they had all the things you expect people to have, they wouldn't be called Amish, they'd be your neighbours.
You talk with judgement if Amish life is a negative thing. It's how some people live. Let's not dislodge them from it.
How would you like to be told your way of life is enabled by a government that plunders resources overseas, in a nation that was built on the back of slavery and robbing of natives? Not very nice, is it? It's how you live and you like to live how you like to live. Same with the Amish.