If we want to give people a fair wage, that might have to be everyone in the civilization to maintain one that doesn't collapse. But this civ wants to eat its cake and have it too. But how does one do that? Well, one first eats their cake, waits for it to pass through their intestinal tract and voila…
If we want to give people a fair wage, that might have to be everyone in the civilization to maintain one that doesn't collapse. But this civ wants to eat its cake and have it too. But how does one do that? Well, one first eats their cake, waits for it to pass through their intestinal tract and voila; the cake again. Eat enough of that kind of cake and you, too, will collapse, like your idiocy-for-a-civilization.
Ironically, there's little that's civilized about it. Likewise, there's little that's actually economic about its 'economics'.
Over here in Nova Scotia, we grow our own apples. What apples show up in our grocery stores? Why apples from Chile of course. Cuz, 'economics'.
Because folks want predictably uniform apples at a certain price and year-round. We need to move away from that. I know it doesn't feel great when you crave green grapes in the winter and the only ones available are from Peru. Because: season. (BTW, when I visited my friend in Truro, I couldn't believe how many forgotten apple trees loaded with apples lined the roads. That was probably October.)
Of course folks, along with their civilization, will be having to adjust their expectations to meet reality-- that thing that JHK often talks about hereon.
We're only now finally finishing the butternut squash that I grew and picked in September. We still have garlic in the crisper picked in late July.
And then there's canning, salting, fermenting, drying and pickling, etc.. -- knowledge and skills many of us lost to a drift over time into a kind of unreality.
~ Cart-Before-The-Horse Civilization ~
If we want to give people a fair wage, that might have to be everyone in the civilization to maintain one that doesn't collapse. But this civ wants to eat its cake and have it too. But how does one do that? Well, one first eats their cake, waits for it to pass through their intestinal tract and voila; the cake again. Eat enough of that kind of cake and you, too, will collapse, like your idiocy-for-a-civilization.
Ironically, there's little that's civilized about it. Likewise, there's little that's actually economic about its 'economics'.
Over here in Nova Scotia, we grow our own apples. What apples show up in our grocery stores? Why apples from Chile of course. Cuz, 'economics'.
Because folks want predictably uniform apples at a certain price and year-round. We need to move away from that. I know it doesn't feel great when you crave green grapes in the winter and the only ones available are from Peru. Because: season. (BTW, when I visited my friend in Truro, I couldn't believe how many forgotten apple trees loaded with apples lined the roads. That was probably October.)
Of course folks, along with their civilization, will be having to adjust their expectations to meet reality-- that thing that JHK often talks about hereon.
We're only now finally finishing the butternut squash that I grew and picked in September. We still have garlic in the crisper picked in late July.
And then there's canning, salting, fermenting, drying and pickling, etc.. -- knowledge and skills many of us lost to a drift over time into a kind of unreality.