On one hand, I feel you. Actually, I think a "weeding robot", programmed well, is a much better alternative to the chemical/GMO program.
But weeding as an act of moderate human selection isn't what irritates me. It's peoples' blind acceptance of an entire false taxonomy of "good" vs "bad" plants/organisms. It's dualistic and dangerous in the long run. It's stupidity posed as common sense. It's a kind of eugenics that's directed not just at humans but at entire ecologies.
Right now what Monsanto is doing with chemical resistant plants is unconscionable. The glyphosate scheme is obscene. It's worse than some skynet extermination program. In the midst of a massive loss of the earth's sustaining biodiversity, we have unchecked corporate powers playing out obscene world domination plans. The stakes are too high. Why do people feel so nonchalant about the Roundup scheme? Why do we eat their corn? Cause they're only killing weeds.
There's a massive extinction happening right now. What are we doing? Programming robots to decrease biodiversity.
But weeding as an act of moderate human selection isn't what irritates me. It's peoples' blind acceptance of an entire false taxonomy of "good" vs "bad" plants/organisms. It's dualistic and dangerous in the long run. It's stupidity posed as common sense. It's a kind of eugenics that's directed not just at humans but at entire ecologies.
Right now what Monsanto is doing with chemical resistant plants is unconscionable. The glyphosate scheme is obscene. It's worse than some skynet extermination program. In the midst of a massive loss of the earth's sustaining biodiversity, we have unchecked corporate powers playing out obscene world domination plans. The stakes are too high. Why do people feel so nonchalant about the Roundup scheme? Why do we eat their corn? Cause they're only killing weeds.
There's a massive extinction happening right now. What are we doing? Programming robots to decrease biodiversity.