On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:13:38 -0000, R M. Watkin wrote:


Hi All,

what is TEOTWAWKI ?. I have read this thread with some interest even though
is has very little with gardening.

Richard M. Watkin.

The End Of The World As We Know It


Gardening has a lot to do with IT, however, if you plan to survive after
this civilization collapses.

Why is it going to collapse?

Because it is incredibly destructive of the environment and requires an
extensive under-class that must live in poverty because the fruits of
their labors are needed to sustain the lifestyle of the 'Haves'.

This in turn requires a lot of violence and coercion, further adding to
the misery of the de facto slaves that form the economic foundation of
Industrial-Capitalism.

Most of these are, of course, in the "3rd World" where the 'Good White
Christians' and 'Enlightened Progressives' don't have to witness their
misery and hopelessness.

And their ranks are swelled by all of the people driven from their ancestral
lands into urban ghettos because those lands are needed for the plantations
and clear cuts and mines and dams and factories and roads that Business
must have in order to function.

It has to die because it is a failure. A failed experiment that threatens
all life on Earth.

And creates more misery than it does happiness.

AC