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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're sleeping in. I cannot emphasize that enough
-Composting toilets are great & all, but not in the same room you're sleeping in. I cannot emphasize that enough
-This "tiny house" was for housing WWOOFers
So let'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'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'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's Dream" in French or some shit
their farm was named "Gaia'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't.
There's so much money in farming & food processing. Y'all don't even know. That's an excuse that got used so much, people started believing it.
Yeah no you fucking don't.
There's so much money in farming & food processing. Y'all don't even know. That'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's the same shit, different day. https://twitter.com/SylvanaquaFarms/status/1274355937524867073
In conclusion, fuck that.
Healing the land starts with healing people. You can't fix an exploitative economic system with "exploiting, but like, make it cute."
Don't "volunteer" for folks who can afford to buy land.
Healing the land starts with healing people. You can't fix an exploitative economic system with "exploiting, but like, make it cute."
Don't "volunteer" for folks who can afford to buy land.
WWOOF is a scab racket, pass it on
