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Jackpine Radical

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27. Personally, I'm most interested in permaculture as an agricultural approach.

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #26)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 10:12 PM

Dec 2011

And I'm not sure how we can sustain the current world population via Amish farming methods or whatever. Without the fertilizers & pesticides, you get substantially smaller yields per acre.

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How can we build an equitable society that lasts longer than the New Deal did? [View all] Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 OP

So, I am guessing that this was a rhetorical question on your part, tavalon Dec 2011 #1

I see Occupy in the same way. Zorra Dec 2011 #2

We have to get past basic biology first izquierdista Dec 2011 #3

I don't much buy into the sociobiology of your first paragraph. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #5

You should check it again izquierdista Dec 2011 #6

Like in Bonobo culture, males are woefully inept at empathy. Thus, WingDinger Dec 2011 #10

Iz & Wing--Thanks. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #15

God likes non hierarchical structure. The Israelites second guessed God and clammored for a king. Th WingDinger Dec 2011 #7

Plato's Republic. WingDinger Dec 2011 #20

With the fall of the Soviet Union, we killed all our comparative philosophy courses. WingDinger Dec 2011 #4

Interesting. Not a replacement for democracy I think, but an influence on it. DirkGently Dec 2011 #8

As a species rrneck Dec 2011 #9

Wonderful input. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #11

Umm, potlatch calls that theories bluff. WingDinger Dec 2011 #12

It worked fine for Native Americans until Europeans arrived looking to accumulate for themselves. nt rrneck Dec 2011 #14

Humans MUST be raised to shun competition for resources. Otherwise, screw all of you. MINE. WingDinger Dec 2011 #21

I agree. rrneck Dec 2011 #22

Nicely-done. I enjoyed reading it. MineralMan Dec 2011 #13

At this stage, I'm advancing very tentative notions-- Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #16

Conceptually, it's very inviting. MineralMan Dec 2011 #17

As that great philosopher{dumbass} said, There are known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. WingDinger Dec 2011 #18

I guess I'm imagining some sort of emergent properties Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #19

I dont think it will happen until we break into smalled parts. Marrah_G Dec 2011 #23

the thing is, we still have to eat. Speck Tater Dec 2011 #24

You're creating false dichotomies. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #25

I didn't create the Agribusiness vs peasant labor dichotomy. Speck Tater Dec 2011 #26

Personally, I'm most interested in permaculture as an agricultural approach. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #27