I don't think all murderers deserve to be denigrated or marked as insane.  I think if somebody had succeeded in murdering Adolf Hitler or Joe Stalin he or she would have been considered a hero, at least by most Amerikans.  I can think of quite a few people alive today I wouldn't cry for if somebody decided to buy them a ticket to the Great Beyond.  I just ask myself the question, "Would the world be a better place if this person was dead?".  If the answer comes up yes, whoever murdered that person probably had a solid reason for doing it.

"Back to the land" efforts made in earlier times did not come under the same circumstances as now, they were not particularly well planned or executed and you can't identify that as the cause of death.  The problems were political and economic, they went along with political purges and economic embargos and distribution problems.

Although it did not progress very far or last long enough, the Back to the Land movement here in the 60s & 70's didn't end up with millions of dead people, in fact I don't know of any deaths you could attribute directly to that.  The Amish have been pretty successful with their version of Back to the Land living.  You are conflating political and economic issues with the philosophical and practical ones in order to justify your conclusions.  Its a lousy argument.

Given your general attitude it's no surprise you wouldn't board one of the ocean towm bubbles.  Given the fact I came up with the idea and proposed it, it should be no surprise also I would jump at the chance.  I also would gladly send my 10 year old off on the adventure.  Obviously if he or she applied they want to go and it would give a good chance for at least one of my descendants to survive SHTF day.

RE