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Permaculture is
Political
False consciousness refers to a con-
dition where individuals become un-
aware of the domination in their lives,
being exploited by the same system
they support. (Antonio Gramsci)
The only shocking thing about the current com-
mander in chief, is that people are shocked by it.
This is the sort of behavior this system of unfet-
tered and disaster capitalism demands, en-
courages, rewards, and so generates. I see don-
ald as a blessing in disguise, for he gives us an
opportunity to reflect on what behaviors are re-
warded by this system monetarily, and in doing so
reveal the systems faults. From sexual violence,
bigotry, racism, misogyny, pipelines, war environ-
mental degradation, cuts to planned parenthood,
education, art, and social programs, attacks
against immigrants and black and brown bodies;
what do they have in common? These conditions
are all representative of trumps personal faults,
(those rewarded by this system) manifested on a
larger scale.
The common claim is Good people rise to the top
of the system and bad people punished with pov-
erty by choice below, but is this what you experi-
ence? When hegemony is negative, it is negative
because the end may be manipulated to satisfy
the interests of those in charge, when those in
charge have low regard for their dependents Dr.
Richard Friordo professor at North Dakota Univer-
sity states in his paper on SEMIOTICS AND
COMMUNICATION THEORY.
Humans use money to acquire their basic needs.
So as long as there is scarcity of money, the sys-
tem leaves some to go without. It is not an issue
of a lack of resources, it is the money that creates
scarcity. The structure of our economy warrants
some consuming excess resources while many
lack the basics.The shape of the economy di-
rectly contradicts the needs of the long term sur-
vival of the whole system, and exponentially re-
wards those with hegemony.
Co-Architect/creator of the Euro said, The clas-
sical, conventional way of looking at money is
that it is possible means of exchange between
people and that it doesn't effect either, the kind
of transactions that are being performed, or
the relationships between the people that are
using that kind of money. Both of these things
happen to be proven wrong.
It is immeasurably important in these incredibly
transformative times, to recognize behavioral and
political patterns in relation to those found in na-
ture. The system we use has a structure, which is
out of date and out of balance, altering our rela-
tionship to the natural world and causing immense
damage to our relationship with each other.
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As a permaculture enthusiast I can attest to the
differences in perspective of permaculturists and
standard monocrop, chemical-laden, monetarily
motivated farmers. One sees a whole living, sa-
cred system they are not just a part of, but have a
responsibility to productively participate in. An-
other sees themselves in a position of power, on
top of a hierarchical order of life, and naturally is
less considerate of the larger ecosystem's needs,
including that of other humans involved.
If we shift our thinking to be socially and politically
permacultural, you can see the human species is
a part of a whole living system; a circle, the shape
of most every other living system, from sacred
geometry of the microcosmic, to the organization
of the cosmos in the universe. Why organize
ourselves in a shape, which is not reflected in
sustainable living systems on the planet?
When we try to fit a circle into a triangle what
happens? It doesnt work, as freedom and de-
mocracy do not work into hierarchal-based social
constructs.
The triangle, or hierarchy is not coincidentally
the basis for the most dominating ideology in
the west, as Theology informs ones conception
of reality, including attitudes about personal free-
dom, individual agency and authority,
Kristin Stewart, activist, communal free vegan
chef wrote in her thesis for UC Berkley titled
Spiritual Anarchism,
Religions of the world contain metaphysical rea-
sonings about power and govern-mentality. Ones
beliefs concerning a spiritual authority translate
into beliefs about a political authority because they
relate to beliefs about ourselves.A comparative
analysis of mythology reveals a difference between
theologies that present a God outside of the self
who ordains morality and maintains order in the
world and mythologies that describe an essence-
god which animates all, and resides in everything,
including the self. This is the difference between
belief in transcendence and immanence
Our planet and political climate is speaking to us
about our belief and subsequent behavioral im-
balances as a species. This system doesnt work,
not because of greed or politicians, but because it
breaks the natural laws of the universe, denying
the interconnection of all life. Today, there are 8
men who own 50% of the world (UNICEF), which
do not have an invested interest in the thriving of
our species or planet. But the good news is the
same system requires our willingness for its exis-
tence. We must unravel the disease of misinfor-
mation at the root of our systems and unite
against the actual enemy-NOT the 8 men but the
very beliefs that the system is founded on, shap-
ing the structure of society, rewarding those like
trump, and perpetuating a disconnect with nature/
spirit/god etc.
Stewart asks us to recognize the parallels in the
structure; With many religions, the relationship
between humans and god is written into the doc-
trinal texts. Is god described as transcendent or
immanent? Is god an authority who reasons and
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judges? Would this create the paradigm of the ac-
ceptance of a political ruler as natural? A super-
natural force that governs the world translates into
a narrative about a higher authority removed form
the individual, which can lead to: Human power-
lessness, Passivity, Submissiveness, and Dor-
mancy. Monotheistic beliefs reinforce the ide-
ology of the necessity of primary authority,
lending itself more to hierarchical models of
governance than imminent based beliefs. The
role of god mimics the role of the state (tran-
scendence). Imminence is the notion that di-
vinity exists in everything including ones self. It
corresponds more to a horizontal view of
authority and power
The interconnection of all life is notchanted in
monotheistic churches, from which our hierar-
chical systems are based, where god is above
white man below, minority men, above women
(etc.), and all above nature. These beliefs have
systemic manifestations we are seeing play out
between women, indigenous minorities, trump
and the like. There is a good cause for this
structure, and those rewarded by it maintaining
it, for it keeps those without reward in a state
of willful subjugation to a system which is
causing their extinction.
Kristin Stewart wrote. Both God and the state
present specific moral orders, ones that seek to
transcend personal moralities. God and the
state use different, yet parallel, modes of
coercion.Religious authorities, in monotheis-
tic religions, use fear of eternal damnation.
The state uses fear of secular damnation:
prison, military, poverty. Anarchist theory pre-
sents a different kind of ethos. It honors all forms
of life and treats individuals (and communities) as
capable of discerning their own morality.With an
interconnected circular system, spirit is immi-
nent, in all life, so there is no war, there is no
poverty, there is no crime there is no environ-
mental degradation, there is no violence, there
is no fear-mongering, there is no monotheism,
sexism, classism, racism, any ism, ist, or polar
spectrum, there is only life fueling life, and all is
regarded sacred. No life above, below, or inde-
pendent from the larger system.
The time is NOW for tending our new world
as we insure the old one is plucked from
the root and thrown in the compost pile,
used to fuel the new. But before we move
forward full speed towards a transforma-
tive spring, it is crucial to insure the same
patterns of disease we see nurtured in the
systems used today, do not surface in our
new community garden of plenty. Do your
beliefs inspire inclusion or exclusion of
others? Are your beliefs founded on hier-
archical modalities? How can we organize
ourselves economically, socially and politi-
cally to be more permacultural?
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