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today I watched a youtube video about "how to build a tiny house in 3-1/2 days for only $34!" and oh boy do I have thoughts
-The trees were "free" bc the folks in the video owned the land...in the notoriously budget-friendly south of France
-Trees were cut 6 months before filming
-oh they also owned a sawmill to turn the logs into planks
-cost of owning & operating sawmill: not included in the $34
-Trees were cut 6 months before filming
-oh they also owned a sawmill to turn the logs into planks
-cost of owning & operating sawmill: not included in the $34
-There just happened to be an artesian spring so the plumbing was just running a pipe down from the spring
-They never mentioned if this straight-from-the-hole water was tested & potable for human consumption
-the cost of this pipelaying: not included in the $34
-They never mentioned if this straight-from-the-hole water was tested & potable for human consumption
-the cost of this pipelaying: not included in the $34
-This "tiny house" was literally a wood shack with no insulation and a board with a hole in it for a composting toilet, that can only be used spring-fall
-Composting toilets are great & all, but not in the same room you& #39;re sleeping in. I cannot emphasize that enough
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-Composting toilets are great & all, but not in the same room you& #39;re sleeping in. I cannot emphasize that enough
-This "tiny house" was for housing WWOOFers
So let& #39;s review: people who can afford artesian spring-bearing land in the south of France
are spending $34
on housing for unpaid scab workers
and getting PRAISED FOR IT as sustainability leaders.
So let& #39;s review: people who can afford artesian spring-bearing land in the south of France
are spending $34
on housing for unpaid scab workers
and getting PRAISED FOR IT as sustainability leaders.
Here& #39;s the thing! These farmers checked all the hippie sustainability boxes. They were shaggy, weathered back-to-the-land types with a big sustainable vision of ~healing the land~
their farm was named "Gaia& #39;s Dream" in French or some shit
their farm was named "Gaia& #39;s Dream" in French or some shit
And yet their working conditions are exploitative to make a 6th-generation cotton planter cream his pants.
This kind of farming is the same old shit in a new hat: folks of means dumping all their $$$ into grabbing landholdings, while the workers get paid bupkus & live in shacks.
This kind of farming is the same old shit in a new hat: folks of means dumping all their $$$ into grabbing landholdings, while the workers get paid bupkus & live in shacks.
"But you have to make sacrifices to stay in the game in a world dominated by agribusiness"
Yeah no you fucking don& #39;t.
There& #39;s so much money in farming & food processing. Y& #39;all don& #39;t even know. That& #39;s an excuse that got used so much, people started believing it.
Yeah no you fucking don& #39;t.
There& #39;s so much money in farming & food processing. Y& #39;all don& #39;t even know. That& #39;s an excuse that got used so much, people started believing it.
A lot of other folks have *been* noticing too. @SylvanaquaFarms has a lot to say about this nonsense. It& #39;s the same shit, different day. https://twitter.com/SylvanaquaFarms/status/1274355937524867073">https://twitter.com/Sylvanaqu...
In conclusion, fuck that.
Healing the land starts with healing people. You can& #39;t fix an exploitative economic system with "exploiting, but like, make it cute."
Don& #39;t "volunteer" for folks who can afford to buy land.
Healing the land starts with healing people. You can& #39;t fix an exploitative economic system with "exploiting, but like, make it cute."
Don& #39;t "volunteer" for folks who can afford to buy land.
WWOOF is a scab racket, pass it on
