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It's easy to forget that the same "dumbass (monoculture) agricultural and (monoculture) development methods" are responsible for century-long world-wide decline
by gambler 8y ago
It's easy to forget that the same "dumbass (monoculture) agricultural and (monoculture) development methods" are responsible for century-long world-wide decline of abject poverty and hunger in the face of unprecedented population growth.
Scaling things down and making them really sustainable is not nearly as obvious and easy task as some people make it out to be.
The only thing I can recommend without reservation: try not to eat meat, unless you need it for health reasons. Most people can easily do that and it does have a significant impact on a lot of things.
- strainer 8y agoIf maximum-short-term-return monoculture is as you say - responsible for alleviating abject poverty etc. and there was/is no viable alternatives, then diet is all that's left to improve on. I dont share that view of the modern history of agricultural development - that it is the best that could have happened and as good as it gets. Without having the time to refute that outlook, I'm just noticing that your appeal to not forget it made or linked no cases to support it.