Interesting, but this post describes a lifestyle that was sustainable on an individual level, it is not scalable to the global population. The world's population has grown significantly, and not everyone can live on a self-sufficient farm. The romanticized view overlooks the hardships and limitations of such a lifestyle, including lack of access to modern healthcare, education, and other services. Also, The transition from rural to urban living was driven by industrialization, which brought about significant advancements in technology, medicine, and quality of life for many people. While it has also led to environmental degradation, it is not accurate to blame urbanization alone for current issues without considering the broader historical and economic context.
The post simplifies complex issues like pollution, climate change, and societal degradation by attributing them solely to urbanization and the abandonment of rural lifestyles. These problems are systemic and require comprehensive, systemic solutions that address industrial practices, economic policies, and global cooperation. In fact it implies that returning to a past way of living is the solution, which dismisses the role of science, technology, and innovation in creating sustainable solutions for the future. Modern challenges require modern solutions, including renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and circular economies. Also, The idealized past often overlooks issues of social justice and equity. Not everyone had access to the idyllic lifestyle described, and many faced significant hardships, discrimination, and inequality. Addressing current challenges must include considerations of equity and justice for all people.
Though the response highlights valuable aspects of sustainable living, it is inappropriate because it oversimplifies complex issues, romanticizes the past, and dismisses the need for modern, science-based solutions to address the urgent and interconnected challenges of climate change and societal degradation.
Well, I have to disagree. In terms of the 2 farms in our family, neither used chemicals, both families rotated crops, and to this very day, both farms, produce amazing food. No degradation of soil, no pollution, no runoff. No modern challenges to life. Produce food, work your farm, raise kids to take over and keep going. Yes there would be challenges, but you adapt. There was no complexity, no issues. Things have not changed since inception. Essentially the same life.
As for renewable energy, both families lived it. Sustainable-same. One farm is self contained, self reliant, the other is not. Cost of living issues, housing issues, homelessness, food insecurity does not affect them. Both say there is no climate change that affects them. Some years better growing seasons, some years not. Sometimes too much snow causes later planting, sometimes, not enough results in dryer fields needing more irrigation. Same things all farmers since the beginning of time has had to deal with. Their chickens produce way too many eggs, the fields produce lots of foods, and the few animals they still keep are for self sufficiency. They don't rely on the grocery store to survive. Egg or meat prices don't matter to them. Sell their excess to buy what they need.
And as for not everyone can do it, maybe not, but both sides of our family (wife and I) grew up and lived that way. Some still do, so it is doable.
Societal degradation is a totally different matter, that doe not pertain to them directly. If, a big if, society gets to that point, the cities would be decimated long before the farms, and at that point, I'm pretty sure both families who own a lot of firearms would defend their property to the end.
Yes I do agree with your point that not everyone has access to it, and yes the world is messed up to a massive degree.
But...there was a study that showed and proved there is more than enough land for everyone, enough resources for everyone and that there is enough food produced to feed north of 12-15 billion people using current farming techniques. Better inventions and integration of new tech and farming could produce much more.
Also, another study showed the earth has no where near 8 billion people. Its quite fabricated. More likely 4 billion.
He and his team took the 300 most populous cities in India from top to bottom. When they added up them all they barely passed 500 million. Since India is purported to have 1.4 give or take, where are the other almost 1 billion? He then did the same with China.
I am not saying anything either way, but there are a lot of unanswered questions.
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