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Labor exploitation on a family farm (not really blaming the farmers for the structural reality) is what pushed me out of legal agriculture into grey areas, and later into industrial labor, then software.
Literally had to become professional class in order to become a peasant
Literally had to become professional class in order to become a peasant
Separately, lot of professional class folks who meant to be that class in the first place, go through some meaning crisis / existential crisis / ecological concern / aesthetic draw and then they also cash in and try to buy land.
This makes it harder for every next person ($$$)
This makes it harder for every next person ($$$)
My request for everyone in a position to spin up a homestead, or already in the process: try to break this dynamic of wealth requirement in whatever way works for you. It should not be hard to benefit your own labor expenditure/quality of life in the process.
You could form a trust, and selectively allow qualified folks onto to the land, giving them a parcel on which to build, in exchange for an interdependency role with food production on a shared plot.
There are many forms this can take, but if those fortunate to buy up land don& #39;t take subversive steps additionally to their own homesteading, the net effect will be negative on land tenure & resiliency for the aggregate of humanity.
Policy/electoral reforms should be pursued but waiting for that to happen shouldn& #39;t stop folks from using their own wealth, luck, & privilege to provide opportunities for others. It needn& #39;t be charity, either. This can benefit YOU & YOUR FAMILY https://twitter.com/DannyV48136267/status/1381669302697394184">https://twitter.com/DannyV481...
Personally I haven& #39;t the slightest interest in an urban way of life, but important work is being done with urban ag. and social forms.
I can speak from my experience on rural farms and homesteads, ranging from completely for-profit to semi-collectivist.
I& #39;m not anti-village
I can speak from my experience on rural farms and homesteads, ranging from completely for-profit to semi-collectivist.
I& #39;m not anti-village
If subversive steps aren& #39;t taken, you& #39;re going to have tons of homesteads full of noobs, spinning their wheels for years, buying more shit than they need to.
The people who have been growing food for generations & never had the wealth to buy land will be ground up and lost
The people who have been growing food for generations & never had the wealth to buy land will be ground up and lost
In a very real sense, without mitigating steps, the & #39;become a peasant/villager& #39; movement will destroy actual peasants and replace them with former cubicle-jockeys.
Not only is this offensive & wrong, it& #39;s going to waste huge amounts of knowledge, & damage regeneration efficacy
Not only is this offensive & wrong, it& #39;s going to waste huge amounts of knowledge, & damage regeneration efficacy
