Would the world be a better place if we were all Amish?

Answer 1

If you can get along without modern conveniences it very well might be. But I doubt most 21st Century Americans would want to live that way since it requires hard work and leave little time for goofing off.

Answer 2

Good question. About two months ago I asked myself the same question when I came across this article:
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1006-33.htm

It was an amazing response to the massacre of the 11 amish girls - one which I truly believe *all* other cultures would have a hard time living up to.

Absolutely, I think the world would be a better place - in the short term... Would I want to live the amish lifestyle? No way, dude.

If we aren't strong enough as a species to move forward technologically, educationally - to face new challenges and ideologies, then we don't deserve to be the torch bearers for this planet.

It is worth the fight to meet life head-on - to meet the future and it's uncertainties and to continue to evolve into something we all hope for. It's not something that will happen overnight but during the many generations that will follow.

Answer 3

When I think of the Amish I see a people that are living in the past as the world passes them by. They are like ostrich with their heads in the sand. While the simple life has it's appeal, the low acceptance of outsiders makes for problems health wise and socially. While I am speaking from what I've seen and read, and Not from personal accounts.

The world has moved on from the 1800's and no matter how much we might want that age back it doesn't change the fact the world has moved on. A better place probably not.

Answer 4

It depends on your definition of better.

There would be no war. There would be less animosity and disrespect.

But there would also be no scientific knowledge of any significance. There would be little opportunity for individuality, or at least individuality as commonly defined in popular culture now. There would be very little or no cultural diversity, and therefore we would lose the growth in ideas that results from variety.

Fun to think about hypothetically, but Amish people are free to give up the lifestyle at any time and enter the modern world, therefore your world would not remain 100% Amish for long. Some people would leave and start other communities. You can't fight progress, or if not progress, at least change.

Answer 5

If we all started out Amish, then yes, we wouldn't know the difference. But if everyone all the sudden was forced to be Amish, kept their memories, then no. There would be the occasional rebel, and many people these days, wouldn't be able to survive doing heavy labor.

Answer 6

well, maybe.
we could all be living in an "amish paraidse", be afraid of cameras, milk cows, wear bonnets and say no to anything dealing with civilaztion,
BUT!
the good thing is, as people, and as a universal family, we would all be closer.
and cold, because there is like one fire place in an amish house.
but mainly closer.

Answer 7

Quite possibly. For sure it would be different .... and I'd enjoy having Amish neighbors arounds me .... but .... I'm happy with my current choice of spirituality. Good question (at least for readers with activity going on in their craniums).

Answer 8

lets just all be hippies and amish and the world would be a peaceful place.

Answer 9

if we were all amish there would be no y!answers

Answer 10

if so you couldn't have asked this question on a computer. You would have to rely on the pony express