Aspie culture and Aspie candor: Hope or hokum?

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Spot on! Such is exactly my starting point. But can anyone follow me any further?

When attempting to communicate with "neurotypicals", what do they have to say anyway? I don't think that "vacuous" is really interesting to us. At least if you live with a community of NTs who actually do some hands-on work with anything the slightest bit meaningful or interesting, there is actually something to talk about. Even watching the more interesting TV shows is better than the MTV generation that can barely speak in complete sentences.

If discussion can be more stimulating or less, can the same be said of interpersonal networking?

The only true/real answer is to not bother. People as a whole are cruel. When that is realized it will become clear that we should
simply not try. It will save you from pain. I have learned this over the years. Ultimately we die alone. Well, that's all I have to say on the matter.

Such extreme cost for some mere illusion of security is simply excessive.

For one quite bereft of talent for playing the violin, then it won't matter which violin or concert hall is provided. Similarly, if Asperger's simply features impaired social dexterity, then compatibility will not be much of an issue, as far as that is concerned.

But if Asperger's social difficulties are actually predicated upon particular social conditions and expectations distasteful to Aspies, then a different social environment might make every difference, specifically, that of interaction amongst Aspies. The question then will be, can Aspies socially and interpersonally network more effectively amongst ourselves or not? -Not just communication per se...