Do I Live In a CULT? | GOOGLE Thinks I Do

[@JayRickard]

So sad that this needs to be explained, but bravo for doing such an excellent job of it. Very much looking forward to bringing my family to visit one day.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

I'm glad you liked the video. I spent a lot of time making it. Hope you make it to visit soon.

[@dianner6637]

Dan, thank you very much for the time you put into making this excellent video.

[@aprendeingles2day]

⭐Dan, your channel is great. Congrats⭐

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Thank you!

[@kevinhilyard9163]

I've been to Dancing Rabbit, last summer, in fact. Definitely not a cult and absolutely a place where you can expand your preconceived notions about the planet and what you can do to help it, how you can live with others instead of by yourself and experience incalculable joy in the process.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Hi Kevin, thanks for supporting my channel and giving your takeaway from your experience at DR.

[@sharynhughes1061]

Thankyou. Takecare & look after yourself. 🎉🎉🎉

[@sharynhughes1061]

Join Council public meetings. Standup to them. 😃👌🎉🎉🎉

[@shondilove]

Bright Blessings, Thank you for creating this informative message allowing us to get to know you and the eco village. Sometimes people fear what they don't understand. Personally, this place is growing on me more and more. See you all soon possibly, take care, keep growing!🌱 Karaoke, yas! Haha 🎙️🪩👨‍🎤

[@brentwhistler]

unfortunately, when I tried - the first suggestion was "Abuse" (cult was 4th)- which is also a load of crap. Unfortunately, resident's family members and the community at large are probably searching these terms. For example, I have an aunt that definitely thought I was in a cult when I lived at DR. I have been no-contact for her for many, many years, so I couldn't do much to combat that and also had zero f's to give about what she thought.. I'm not sure how you would structure a campaign to have so many people search other terms like "Dancing Rabbit Sustainability" that you deprioritize the unfortunate suggestions... but it's worth a try. And HI DAN! Hi to everyone!

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Yep, and it's different for everyone who does a search based on their previous search history. Mine no longer puts cult first, but if I do an incognito window, cult is first. I don't know how to change this besides some crafty SEO. How are you Brent? Are you still in Nicaragua? I was chatting with a guy a couple months ago about a retreat center in San Juan del Sur area called Costa Dulce where he's trying to set up an ecovillage. I might go down there to visit sometime since I haven't been to Nicaragua since the mid-90s.

[@brentwhistler]

@@HardcoreSustainable I'm in Puebla, México now (for about a year now). Got tired of lots of things I'm not allowed to talk about if I ever want to visit again.. I'm so glad to be in a place where I don't have to reserve 2 extra travel days on either end..

[@brentwhistler]

@@HardcoreSustainable hey -just noticed you can report these predictions. In google desktop, click in the search bar and in the lower right hand corner of the resulting megamenu, you get a link to report inappropriate search suggestions. I just reported.. we'll see if it has an effect. I reported as hateful toward groups and explained that this search suggestion fuels the false narrative that DR is a cult.

[@Michael_McMillan]

I was laughing at that one hair sticking straight out on the left side of your head :D

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Yes, my makeup artist failed me on that one. There's always a spot that sticks up no matter what I do.

[@uarestrong76]

@@HardcoreSustainable your cowlick is so cute tho. cowlicks are the cutest thing especially on short hair.

[@MaesRuth]

This all looks amazing. Just one big question. What if you do already have your own car or want your own car?

[@HardcoreSustainable]

It is possible to own a car and live here, but you just can't use it for trips under 100 miles one way and you have to store it at least 10 miles away once you become a member. As well, if you are a resident, who is someone still in the "checking it out" status of living here, you still have to follow the rules that say you can't drive a personal vehicle unless it's a trip over 100 miles, however you can store your vehicle in the village parking lot while a resident. The purpose of these rules is to deter people from using personal vehicles while living at DR. If your car isn't close, you are less likely to be tempted to use it. We also have the vehicle co-op to provide for any vehicle needs. It's not like you don't have any options without a personal vehicle. Not owning a vehicle actually saves you a lot of money because in the vehicle co-op you are only charged for the time you are using the vehicle, whereas when you own a car, you are paying for it whether you use it or not.

[@MaesRuth]

@@HardcoreSustainable thank you for responding. That logic makes total sense, but my anxiety wouldn't let me not have easy access to my own personal car. I still want to come check you guys out. I just totally love the idea. Maybe I can get something similar going in my area.

[@ethereal_arcana]

@@HardcoreSustainable So what if you suddenly in the night wanted to go somewhere or there was a medical/family emergency? I am assume since its still party of the village that it must be working for a majority of the people there. I was explaining to my fiance about ecovillages and Dancing Rabbit as an example. She couldn't imagine not being able to get up and go. ( if under 100 miles like you said). I am very interested in this way of living as we moved out of the city into the country to get away from people but now I at least feel very isolated.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

@@ethereal_arcana We have a hospital 13 miles away and the vehicles in our vehicle co-op serve for most trips like this. We also do have a backup emergency vehicle in case all the vehicles in the co-op are in use. In a community you have the added benefit of being able to ask someone else to drive you somewhere if its an emergency.

[@ethereal_arcana]

@@HardcoreSustainable wow that is really close. I live out in the country in Upstate NY and its 30-40 mins away to the nearest hospital. I was expecting to hear that everything would be far away. I have learned that at least in my living situation that being 20-30 minutes outside of a city is difficult. For me its mostly medical reasons. Thanks to the info I found about Ecovillages/Intentional Communities it gives me hope that myself and my fiance may find a community we can do the things we wanted to when we moved here.

[@mlindsay527]

Meh, don’t worry about what people think. Do what you know is right.

[@phoenixtidefire9398]

Thank you for your video from Clearwater FL 😎I love the freedom DR has to build houses to your own designs👷‍♂️ I feel the most attractive attributes of this simple healthy living are becoming independent from corporate rule, being separated from nature hurts mother Earth and us, and a peaceful helpful community 🎶💙🎶

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Yes I would definitely agree. Those are the reasons I live here.

[@nUrnxvmhTEuU]

I can't believe those cultists pressure you to sing at karaoke night 😤👆

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Yep, it was brutal.

[@RVBadlands2015]

Very good explanation. You did a video awhile back on making Roman shades. Can you send that video.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

I'm not entirely sure which one you mean. I did a video about keeping your house cool without AC and talked about my thermal curtains in that one. I think I did another one in the spring a couple years ago where I was fixing my curtains. One of the first videos I did was a tour of my house and I talked about the curtains in a section of that. I don't think I've made one that focuses on how to make the thermal curtains. Here's the link to the first one tho: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oovZqZSwmLZsiMk

[@rawfoodphilosophy7061]

over the coming decades ecovillages are set to explode in numbers. some say the increase in population could be close to 5-10% per decade. So 10 years from now it might approach 55 people.

[@Sunshine-tn2qe]

Thank you for the break down. There are HOA's out there that could be described as cultish totalitarian regimes! Dancing rabbit is awesome. I love all the cob houses and solar panels.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Yes, HOAs tend to be kind of fascist and restrictive/controlling. I would never want to be a part of one. At DR we all have input to our decision making bodies instead of top down as in HOAs.

[@CoolKidsSJJE]

The only thing that does seem a little isolating is the limits on cars. Love the stars & nature sounds, though

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Yes, I guess it limits your ability to just jump in a car for a road trip, but most of what people need to do they can do easily with the vehicle co-op. There's not a lot near us, but if you need to sign one out to go to the nearest town, it's pretty easy.

[@helendennis7662]

It might sound like that but I bet if you tried it, it would be so freeing! Somehow I cannot convince my husband to let go of our multi vehicle household mind set. Now I am to blame, I cannot let my big van go, I’m very attached to her, and she is still proving very useful at times while we renovate our house. But we have a mini van (I also love it) and a more powerful 4x4 car for towing. I feel like we need to consolidate but can’t decide what to do. If we could share vehicles we wouldn’t need to own one for every occasion, we could just borrow what we need when we need it. That’s just given me an idea….

[@SugarBeeFarm]

I’ve visited. It’s a wonderful place.

[@MickyELee]

It certainly sounds like a commune. That's okay. But it is an intentional community.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

A commune is income sharing. No one owns anything themselves in a commune. They own everything together. We own the land collectively, but are on our own for income and we can own any improvements on land we rent. So I own my house. That wouldn't be possible in a commune. We are just like any other town or city in terms of how we provide our own income.

[@sharynhughes1061]

Hi Dan. 😃👌🎶🙄 I'm still thinking. Council. Talk to your CEO for Environment & Health. Yep. They get most off your info from the IT guy at the Computer Shop.

[@paulgroth3345]

Acts 24:14, the apostles and disciples also were accused of being a part of a cult. As you say you are a group of people gathered with a particular intent. That is the very definition of an Ecclesia, which is the Greek word mistranslated as Church in the New Testament of the Bible

[@winesap2]

Most religions did start as cults, with followers following someone they considered a Messiah. Back at the beginning of Christianity, apocalyptic messiahs with followings were a dime a dozen. A group of people gathered with an intent isn't a cult by the modern definition. By that definition a book reading group or a concert would be a cult. Cults have these characteristics covered in the video, but mostly the charismatic leader with a lot of control over followers is what makes a cult.

[@luke021380]

Yes, AI will portrait dancing rabbit as a cult. AI wants to destroy all humanity.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

You are probably right about AI destroying the human meat bags (this is how AI sees us), but I think Google puts it in the top spot because that's what people search the most.

[@Michael_McMillan]

Why did all of the founding members leave?

[@HardcoreSustainable]

They left for various reasons at different times, just like others that have lived in the village. Some stayed longer than others. I'd guess for some it was something they were into at a time in their life and then they wanted something different. They were all pretty young when they started the community...college age.

[@ga1z-yes]

it's like denmark if denmark was less based (not derogatory) [lol it's honestly more like christania without the drugs]

[@HardcoreSustainable]

??

[@ga1z-yes]

@@HardcoreSustainable well christania is this place in denmark where a bunch of people went together and built houses out of junkyard stuff and they are these eco friendly people then some bike riding bands (basically the danish mafia) just got a hold of some of their territory and started selling drugs so now christania is known for their drugs instead of the rich art culture and grassroots shops which is sad but the christanians are just some friendly people

[@thedomestead3546]

Literally all of these points could be used to describe the government 😅

[@HardcoreSustainable]

I'd love to hear you explain your rationale for thinking that. I don't think you could begin to back it up. Trump was the only recent leader we've had that resembled a cult leader. And most Americans didn't even vote for him.

[@thedomestead3546]

@@HardcoreSustainable kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWSsiIecmNCmas0si=9LElw6sadajAD_zO

[@myobmyob2215]

Welp if you file taxes there's questions about being in a co-OP and the portion you owe the IRS. The IRS defines everything As does the county assessor You better self define before they do it for you

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Everything is set up legally and our entities are incorporated.

[@myobmyob2215]

Great! Got it straight here too here because some depts don't appreciate all that darn vegetable growing. Really.

[@thedomestead3546]

Many of your line of thinking call Christians cult members. Kinda ironic.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Well, most cults are based in religion and a lot of them are Christian-based. I don't think you understand what ironic means.

[@thedomestead3546]

@@HardcoreSustainable I do not believe that your eco community is a cult. I really like many of your ideas as well. You are pretty fun to fire up. Basically everyone is displaying Dunning-Kruger bias. We will never be able to outdo the negatives, even with mass numbers. You guys drive 4 cars, but there are people blasting rockets off all the time, full blown military drills burning unfathomable amounts of fuel and a school system that burns petrol like there's no tomorrow. How will we overcome? I get it, there is no balance. Eventually, it boils down to a small percentage of disgruntled concerned people talking about how the rest of the population needs to not be in existence. If this depopulation discussion has not been of your participation, then it checks out. But, if you think that yourself, along with others should control peoples rights to progeny by means of force or through passive w@rfare, then it would definitely count as a cult. There is way too much land, and so much improvement that could be terraformed into it. Earth could hold billions more

[@thedomestead3546]

@@HardcoreSustainable it's like rain on your wedding day, or a free ride, when you've already paid, and good advice that you just didn't take.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

@@thedomestead3546 Actually, that song doesn't know what ironic means.

[@thedomestead3546]

@@HardcoreSustainable it figures

[@TheHonestPeanut]

Who is the leader?

[@HardcoreSustainable]

Watch the video.

[@CoolKidsSJJE]

I like how you threw in Trump w the cult leader pics... the way people follow him despite the crazy and alarming stuff he's done, seems accurate

[@mykimikimiky]

(climate) scientism is a religion. :) just sayin...

[@HardcoreSustainable]

It's actually the opposite because it's based on science and evidence. You could not be more wrong and obviously have no understanding of what science or religion is. I'm surprised you survive without using all the products science has given you, such as the computer you're writing you arrogant comment on. Just sayin'.

[@thedomestead3546]

🪨 I would like to build a community too. Building a community is one of the finest thing a person could do with their life.

[@HardcoreSustainable]

That's great. I agree with you there.