posted 2 years ago
I have run into this a couple times now. I could be misinterpreting simple confusion - i definitely don’t have my description of permaculture worked out great…
But it seemed like when i got into describing how the monocultures of industrial ag lead to the issues that necessitate pesticides, there was this defensiveness that cropped up in the faces and behavior of those i was explaining to.
In my mind it seems plausible that people who are really immersed in industrialized society would feel threatened by someone seemingly calling it out as being fundamentally unsustainable. Thought maybe that would explain the reaction in some part.
Have others seen this reaction, or experienced that defensiveness in another way? And i don’t mean to criticize the people showing this reaction, i think i feel the same to some degree, it’s something that fights with my belief in permaculture principles
"Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are"
– Squire Bill Widener via Teddy Roosevelt