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COVID-19 has shown us that we're all interconnected and that the actions of one community affects everyone else. The Amish aren't self-sufficient and separated from the modern world: they go to the grocery store, sell things, interact with the non-Amish, and depend 100% on the outside world to survive.
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Watching the ball drop. New Year’s resolutions. Word of the year. Good luck food. None of those things are Amish tradition.
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COVID-19 has shown us that we're all interconnected and that the actions of one community affects everyone else. The Amish aren't self-sufficient and separated from the modern world: they go to the grocery store, sell things, interact with the non-Amish, and depend 100% on the outside world to survive.
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How Romanticizing Amish Life Harms the Amish More Than It Helps Any Cause
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