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The article, Africa on the Auction Block by Bruce Stutz, brings the planet's largest problem to light: Global Corporate Farming. Agricultural Colonialism poisons the water with herbicidal run-off and the land by reducing precious topsoil. Single-crop farming should be banned globally, but that will take lots of education to end. Mankind is still feudal and greedy. There is much to learn.
Sending consistent messages to agricultural colonialists is difficult without an organized front. The agricultural colonialists are often chemical companies with mercenaries. The local population is powerless against them. It reminds me of the old Chevy Chase movie "The Three Amigos," about the Mexican peasants and the roving banditos who terrorized them. But the realities are worse, and the peasants seldom win.
In the movie, three friends must go through a paradigm shift, from "I only care for myself day to day" to "I must try to end the terror, whatever the cost." Movie heroism may inspire a few for a short time, but we need a shift across the planet. With the internet as our platform, we can now find our common values and share our fears and advice.
Whether the personal experience of sitting at a computer and learning of injustice is enough to inspire the shift is yet to be seen. Extremists will always emerge first, isolated hermits who lash out blindly. Then a movement unites larger groups around common issues the extremist brought to light and consensus begins. If education does take place, it can lead to the shift.
But how do you battle corporate greed? The only answer I know is boycott them. Shun the places where they advertise. Shun their products and their sponsorships. Shun their investors. Shun their executives. Pretend they do not exist.
Don't talk about them, don't write about them. They just became invisible and mute. In fact, we would all be much more productive if we just stopped taking a negative stance. (That is, Thumper's mother's advice: If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.)
If one publication did this for a day, what would it look like? There would be no mention of the shunned corporation or their products. For optimum health, the real food movement advises "only eat and drink things that are not advertised". The result of a corporate shunning would be like that.
The most important part of this is that each person, every child, should be taught how to grown their own organic fruits and vegetables in containers, no matter where they live. Because someday your life may depend upon it.
Human rights, water rights, water quality, fresh organic food, sustainability are my deepest concerns. Standing together now we can initiate change if we are of one mind. The longer we are oppressed, the harder it will be to resist and win.
We must accept that a few
...Human rights, water rights, water quality, fresh organic food, sustainability are my deepest concerns. Standing together now we can initiate change if we are of one mind. The longer we are oppressed, the harder it will be to resist and win.
We must accept that a few exist who control the many, as throughout history. The internet balances distribution of power, by giving everyone a voice and a vote. I eagerly await global voting for global improvements.
Corruption in government is an infestation that must be erradicated. We must outlaw lobbying and fumigate lobby-influence from every politicial seat. Without the temptation of wealth, politicians would again speak their hearts.
We need an international law that war can no longer be financed. If they have to come up with the cash for every battle, war between countries will end.
Corporate personhood must be outlawed. Every corporation, no matter how large, must have someone finally responsible and accountable. Business that fail must close, anything else is folly and deceit. No bailout for anyone. No exceptions.
We should speak our hearts and walk together, work together, and play together well, for the good of the many. I've been a Trekkie all my life, and the older I get, the deeper my belief that we can create a society that offers the same opportunities to all, and everyone's individual talents can shine.
Understand that we are being systematically poisoned by factory farms, fast food, pharmaceutical companies, corrupt/greedy doctors, and the insurance industry. Educate yourself and change your ways. You'll find your health increases, pounds will drop off, and you will feel better, sharper, clearer. Then teach what you know to every person in your family who will listen, your coworkers, anyone, until we have the power to start shutting down businesses that prey on our health through boycott. Visualize the last fast food shutting its doors. Thats the free market in action.
To get there, we need to start paying attention to what we eat and drink every meal. "Never eat or drink anything advertised" is a good way to start recognizing processed food, and stop eating meat and poultry. Learn to cook with organic natural raw food ingredients, grow what you can, and learn nutrition basics.
Organic gardening should be taught in elementary school, worldwide. Every human should know how to grow their own food and have access to a community garden.
Start collecting all the guns from anyone who will turn them in, no questions asked, globally, destroy the firing pins as they come in, then melt them down.
And laugh more. Next time you see Rush Limbaugh, visualize the commedian with a big red clown nose, wide white satin collar and red pointy hat. Kinda puts things in perspective.
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