Posted by
Catmman on Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:12:45 PM
*Sigh* How does that life sound to you? No more paying bills, no more worrying about taking care of a home, no more worrying about school, no more worrying about anything it would seem. Living the carefree life of a nomad with nary a care in the world if you read this piece of complete and utter shinola. If you read this article, you will come away with the impression that living hand to mouth, barely subsisting from day to day is something we should all aspire to. My personal opinion is that the "Greens" have that very thing in mind.
The author gives no credit to how technology, science, reason, medicine, etc. have given us the ability to not have to worry about lving from day to day, scratching a living from the surrounding area. There is also no aknowledgment that it is these very inoovations by man which have increase like expectancy and is allowing this moron to write such drivel instead of him spending his time fighting his neighbors for an ear of corn to feed his child.
No understanding that his own article completely refutes the concept or 'organic' or 'living off the land' by stating that man in this 'natural' state could only support a population of around five million people! The use of farming, modern chemicals, pesticides, machinery, etc have allowed for an increase many orders of magnitude higher in the quality of life of humanity that that experienced 10,000 years ago. We have through our own willpower developed the means to sustain ourselves comfortably, living a relative life of luxury as opposed to our ancestors.
Were the people living this wandering, possession-free lifestyle happy with their lot? We cannot know. But it is interesting to note that before people started living in towns and making weapons out of metals like copper, bronze and iron there is little evidence of extensive warfare or violence. The author obviously never read anything about the American Indian, who maintained such a nomadic lifestyle well into the 19th century. The American Indian was a peaceful people because they shared stuff? Read more history books, moron.
This article is full of Gaia-worship psycho-babble belying the true intent of the author - advocate for a lifestyle of privation, want and fewer people. But hey, at least the Earth will be able to "restore, recover, renew." Let's all institute the futuristic "Carousel" and "renew"ourselves!
We should be giving a big "Hooray!" for technology and the wonders of man's mind as opposed to trashing our current existence by advocating for a return to privation and primitivness.