ext_67324 ([identity profile] pseydtonne.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ceelove 2011-04-20 12:38 am (UTC)

I'm glad you've found a calling. I just know that I'd rather take a bullet than become a farmer. It doesn't sound like there's room for non-ag folks in permaculture.

When I was a kid, I learned a lot about the Cultural Revolution in China. It scared the heck outta me: they'd sentence intellectuals to shovel manure. This really stuck in my mind: when civilization fails, you have to go back to the farm and die there. Someone will hold a gun to your head (or a knife once the bullets are gone) unless you keep shoveling.

I realize this is not the idea to you or probably anyone else. I like building things and working on making stuff work. Once it involves farming, I get seriously scared.

I'm saying this mostly to clear my own head. I think you're on a fascinating track and one that has strong possibilities because it provides for a community's needs. However I have no desire to be in a field all day, suffering the elements and standing in dirt. As long as there is room for that, then I can deal.

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