Why would anyone want to "handle it"? Doesn't sound like this was thrust upon Moreland so much as stepped in and than actively maintained as a state of being in the face of many other much more civilized options. Essentially a lifestyle choice.

Can I live like an early proto-hominid; yes, if forced to. As long as there is some reasonable expectation that it is temporary and any hardship is simply a stepping stone to a better situation.

Can I "handle" choosing to live that was long term without some exit strategy and without any prospect that once chosen I will live like that for the foreseeable future; no.

Short term hardship chosen as a controlled adventure, camping or walk-about, or having such a situation forced on you in an emergency, or after an accident, I can do, and have done. But survival and deprivation is something I do to get to the other side where things are better. It is not, for me, a lifestyle I would choose and it is not a situation I would willingly stay in if I found myself there.