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Originally Posted by Rocky_Shorz
Hi Tobias,
Thanks for joining us...
The thought of breaking off into small communities is a great thought, but I'm afraid it would takes a massive decline in world population to make it happen...
95% of the worlds population is in Major metro areas...
So to take these people and spread them out onto lands that would allow for farming and living self sustained, there isn't enough room...
total landmass of the world divided by population would mean each person gets 3000 Sq feet land, but used for farming cuts that to 10% 300 ft that's 10x30 including living space... If each person lived in a 10x10' closet a 20x10' plot doesn't produce enough food in a year to feed a person for a month...
That's where the whole idea of breaking into small communities gets pretty tough...
I'm afraid we are going to have to find ways for our large cities to continue being fed through grocery stores...
The other option is an agenda none of us want to think about...  |
It's my pleasure to have the opportunity to join in some dialogue! Thanks for the kind welcome!
Your comment was so interesting, because it underscored exactly what I have mentioned many times (i.e. on The Waterman Files, or the Chronicles articles) about "community"... although there is a difference with what you said as well.
Let me explain... We've had a lot of discussion on the show about "community" and I mentioned that I have noticed a lot of people "dismiss" everything that follows that word - almost without realizing it . I've had some concerned emails from folks as well on the topic. When people hear the word
community, I think a big part of the challenge is that they get a vision or picture in their head/feeling in their stomach that I can only describe as feeling like
community is too similar to cult, or communal living, or other similar situations that involve a loss of privacy (or even identity!). I believe, and have had many discussions with John Waterman about this as well, that the community we describe is actually more of a mentality than it is a physical/locational endeavor.
This is why, if you notice, I said:
We need to return to neighborhood and family
values, community. To ma 'n pa, and Farmer's markets
mentality, etc.
I completely agree with you when you describe the challenges of arranging a mass-scale "living arrangement" where, to make it quite literal, the farmers would cooperate in feeding the large cities, and the city people would somehow contribute to the farmers. Although I think that could be worked out, it would likely require a re-take of the last few centuries to accomplish! Totally see what you mean.
So to finish my thought, by "mentality" and "values" what I really mean is to get back to the way of neighborhood that once thrived in America... notwithstanding the white picket fences, we need to be able to say "hellloo" to our neighbors (especially in the cities) and watch out for one another... These are the things that have contributed to societal decay. It is much like what Jim Rawles mentioned recently... that the time is coming when - in order to survive - we will need our "blockwatchers", need to keep our eyes open much wider for our local groups and areas. This is especially true when/if faced with emergency situations such as those that many fear right now - a monetary collapse, EMP's from the sun, earth changes, etc.
I don't know how we will achieve this prior to events occurring. This is the saddest and most concerning thing to me. Has the fabric of our society really ripped apart so fiercely that it is no longer possible? I sure hope not.
But that's just some of my thoughts. Who am I to say?
Hope that made
some sense, it is way past my bedtime!