Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Dan Conine <dconine@bertramwireless.com>]

In fact many people are doing this: The Compact (people pledge to buy
>nothing new for a year or more; the yahoo list is wildly popular);
>Reverend Billy and the church of stop shopping (he's an orator a
  

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>But I know, this kind of thing rarely makes the news and in real life
>I know very few others who think like th is. But a couple decades
>ago, none of these "movements" existed.
    

You WON'T hear about them from any newpaper dependent upon advertising. It's just not good business to tell people not to patronize your clients.
Just as you won't get the real stories about the news from newpapers. Newspapers are in business to sell advertising and to make a profit for the people who are the root cause of almost every major issue. As much as we (and the talking heads) like to say that newswriters are a left-leaning bunch (look at who became writers in YOUR high school class...), they are handcuffed to debt as we all are, and must pay the bills.

Simplicity movements will continue to rely upon person-to-person and internet as long as the 'free' market determines the news. Money gravitates toward money, and authority preaches Blind Faith in authority.  The end result is Blind Faith in moneyed authority, and Moneyed Authority tells people to work hard, spend their money and pay their taxes 'for the Economy'. If they don't have enough money, then they are not working hard enough yet.

Growing your own food, building your own simple house, minimizing your Gross income while maximizing your Net income, getting rid of your extra vehicles and appliances, minimizing your consumption to your comfort level: these are things that scare the HELL out of those who want to control every penny and every minute of your life.

Dan
Belgium,WI