[kahljorn]

I just took morphine and have a bit of a cold so sorry if this seems a bit fragmented.

I mean self-sufficiency, but if you're asking if I mean each individual be able to do everything to take care of themselves, then no. Human beings are social animals. I'm thinking more like community or familial self-sufficiency, such as community farming (Food grows from the ground for free), community cooking etc. I know families who grow all their food in their backyard.
I mean really, the detachment from our neighbors in the modern age has made us rely on industry and foreign parties to fulfill our needs, this creates alot of "Problems" or needs in order to maintain this system; such as preservation for food so it doesn't rot (which can involve plastics and chemicals), mass production complexes and higher demands for transportation of goods.

more importantly though the reliance on outside sources for survival has actually degraded our quality of sustanance. Now we eat macdonalds and preserved food which causes sicknesses or at least developmental weaknesses and the air in many places is carcinogenic.

self-sufficiency does alot of good things. For one, we don't need to spend as much money. Two, it's better for the land and resources. Three, it's better for us.
There's alot of other reasons too, like creating more of an actual community or family environment where people are actually in touch with eachother instead of isolated. There's obvious social ramifications of that isolation which make higher integration positive; potentially community integration can make us better human beings, with higher morals and higher ideals. We can also be more in tune with the socialization of our children and fellow man around us, which can raise our intelligence, efficiency and compassion.

of course transition to a system like this could be potentially "Difficult", but that's probably mostly because of laziness. Really it doesn't take all that much to grow your own food. And I know I didn't mention it anywhere above but now a days we have things like solar, wind and water power so we actually don't need to rely on industry for everything.
there's actually some cool houses by here that are BUILT to be solar powered, most of them are pretty cheap too. It's taken fucking long enough. I mean, we all have roofs, it's not like there's some lack. I'm sure there's some issues with solar power though ;/