Activists sometimes advocate living "off the grid," which, in its simplest form, means living without buying electricity and water from utility companies. however, they also admit that living off the grid is getting harder and harder, because there simply isn’t enough affordable land in places where it would be feasible to do so. this means that most americans have to:

deal with bureaucracies

Explanation:

         According to the activists, living "off the grid" means having living in places where one does not have to depend upon or buy water and electricity from the utility companies which provides electricity and water to the people.

         But unfortunately, there is not much land left where one can afford such living standards where it is feasible to do so. Thus nearly most of the Americans have to buy water and electricity from the companies and have to deal with the bureaucracies in order to purchase those utilities.

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explanation:

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