Thanks for that essay from your book. Definitely purchasing it. Not that I think the Republican Party can ever realize the importance of small regenerative farms. I personally think the uniparty stronghold on DC, as well as the totally corrupted, bought off, corporate controlled agencies are beyond reform. Reform will come from the bottom up, from we the people standing up to all forms of tyranny, by strengthening each other to not comply with tyranny. To not participate is digital currencies etc. to demand a commodity and gold back currency ( note this is what the BRICS ) is doing. The US started to fail when we got off the gold standard, and then we used the petro dollar as a weapon and punished all those who refused or tried to veer away from using it ( Iraq, Venezuela, and many other nations ). We used our military might to force regime changes. … the list of IS atrocities worldwide is long. But you are correct that small agriculture is the backbone of a resilient and moral society. People need to rediscover this and also rediscover the Good Book.
I agree with all you say except this: "Not that I think the Republican Party can ever realize the importance of small regenerative farms." Don't get me wrong -- I appreciate your frankness, and completely understand the sentiment. In fact it is that frustration which infused the book. But I am hopeful as I already see a potential sea shift. If there is one thing that is waking Republicans up it is the push for globalist food control, and increased dependency on China for food and agricultural supplies. I am very heartened by initial responses to the book. Is Mitch McConnell gonna come around? -- highly doubtful. But Thomas Massie is already a leader in regenerative agriculture, and a beef farmer. We must turn the worm, and shift the zeitgeist! You are correct that both parties have sold out our farmers -- we must invite Americans from all parties to nurture and rebuild them.
And that Good Book is saturated with pastoral imagery and the centrality of agriculture. A good pairing indeed. :) Thanks as always for contributing your thoughts.
True, I had forgotten about Thomas Massie. He is one in a sea of corruption, though I am still not as hopeful. Perhaps because so many around me, are just too politically left to even fathom any of this. They associate those of us in rural areas, as far right fascists etc. The constant projection because of ideological rigidity is astounding...
The real divide is not between red and blue or black and white. It is between urban and rural. Between those who are self- sufficient, and those who are dependent. The ultimate irony is that the arrogant elites who think they are superior are dependent on the supposed lowly workers who produce, harvest and distribute their food. Rome may have collapsed similarly, as its senators quibbled over power while the countryside that supplied their food collapsed due to neglect. The vulnerabilities are profound, and I fear it ends badly, and soon....
Once again, excellent points made - all with common sense - and I agree wholeheartedly about the terrible food crisis that is fast approaching. The government doesn't care about the people, so it is up to ALL the people to work together to regain our back-to-the-land mentality. Soon it will be a matter of survival and limiting our sphere to food production, barter and community sharing of ideas and talents to sustain ourselves. Who'd have thought that this day would ever come to the US? Excellent commentary by Sukey Watson!
Thanks for that essay from your book. Definitely purchasing it. Not that I think the Republican Party can ever realize the importance of small regenerative farms. I personally think the uniparty stronghold on DC, as well as the totally corrupted, bought off, corporate controlled agencies are beyond reform. Reform will come from the bottom up, from we the people standing up to all forms of tyranny, by strengthening each other to not comply with tyranny. To not participate is digital currencies etc. to demand a commodity and gold back currency ( note this is what the BRICS ) is doing. The US started to fail when we got off the gold standard, and then we used the petro dollar as a weapon and punished all those who refused or tried to veer away from using it ( Iraq, Venezuela, and many other nations ). We used our military might to force regime changes. … the list of IS atrocities worldwide is long. But you are correct that small agriculture is the backbone of a resilient and moral society. People need to rediscover this and also rediscover the Good Book.
Amen! Preach it! :)
I agree with all you say except this: "Not that I think the Republican Party can ever realize the importance of small regenerative farms." Don't get me wrong -- I appreciate your frankness, and completely understand the sentiment. In fact it is that frustration which infused the book. But I am hopeful as I already see a potential sea shift. If there is one thing that is waking Republicans up it is the push for globalist food control, and increased dependency on China for food and agricultural supplies. I am very heartened by initial responses to the book. Is Mitch McConnell gonna come around? -- highly doubtful. But Thomas Massie is already a leader in regenerative agriculture, and a beef farmer. We must turn the worm, and shift the zeitgeist! You are correct that both parties have sold out our farmers -- we must invite Americans from all parties to nurture and rebuild them.
And that Good Book is saturated with pastoral imagery and the centrality of agriculture. A good pairing indeed. :) Thanks as always for contributing your thoughts.
True, I had forgotten about Thomas Massie. He is one in a sea of corruption, though I am still not as hopeful. Perhaps because so many around me, are just too politically left to even fathom any of this. They associate those of us in rural areas, as far right fascists etc. The constant projection because of ideological rigidity is astounding...
The real divide is not between red and blue or black and white. It is between urban and rural. Between those who are self- sufficient, and those who are dependent. The ultimate irony is that the arrogant elites who think they are superior are dependent on the supposed lowly workers who produce, harvest and distribute their food. Rome may have collapsed similarly, as its senators quibbled over power while the countryside that supplied their food collapsed due to neglect. The vulnerabilities are profound, and I fear it ends badly, and soon....
"A local food supply is also the best defense against tyranny." Someone is about to go off the deep end...
To join you? :) Someone doesn't understand food. What degrees in food science do you have, Joseph III? lol
Once again, excellent points made - all with common sense - and I agree wholeheartedly about the terrible food crisis that is fast approaching. The government doesn't care about the people, so it is up to ALL the people to work together to regain our back-to-the-land mentality. Soon it will be a matter of survival and limiting our sphere to food production, barter and community sharing of ideas and talents to sustain ourselves. Who'd have thought that this day would ever come to the US? Excellent commentary by Sukey Watson!