RE: Planet Of the Humans, M Moore documentary...
April 22, 2020 at 11:08 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2020 at 11:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh, no. No no no. He was a white collar bean counter for a firm. Procurement. I suppose he just wanted to make a go at it of his own, collect a bit more money for his trouble. He thought he knew where to plug in and how. It really wasn't a bad idea. I never followed up, but it wouldn't surprise me if he were up and running and doing brisk business today. Those essential trips we take to the drug store under lockdown probably amount to more than a few immune boosting elixirs, after all.
Honestly, he may not have seen it himself. High on his own supply. We giggled alot about that around here afterward.
There were others...some funny and some downright infuriating, but all the same pattern. As for my waves of disillusionment...they're pretty standard. I came up being told that environmentalism would be my primary social and economic responsibilit as an adult. We were going to save the earth, because we love the earth.
Turns out that alot of my early ideas on that came from bad actors, or bad data. It happens. Things change over 40 years. The last wave was in realizing how thoroughly bought the green brand has become. So much so that even if you really are running a green operation - you have to match their claims and rhetoric...somehow..or be insolvent. There were always bugs in the house..but at this point, they've eaten away the floorboards and I doubt that we can salvage the building.
That necessarily creates a situation where you have to educate your customer..and they don't like that, and you're basically telling them what the establishment green movement gets wrong..but they're only there listening to you and buying your product because they wanted to be a part of it.
I could sell snake oil to greenie loons all day long because I speak their language, but if it weren't for my wife I couldn't do what we do. She's the happy clerk to my grim faced executioner. I like to joke that we need to start selling our own hooch, in case a member needs a drink after hearing our spiel. Really, that's just cover for a sales pitch Im making to her. An all substance csa. I could do more for the earth, and make more money..selling green, tobacco, and alcohol than I could by installing solar or growing heirloom squash. Plus, the works easier on both counts. That's the american consumer forya.
(I'll never help you rid yourself of environmental guilt, btw - what I usually tell people in person is to buy some of my products and call me in the morning.
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Honestly, he may not have seen it himself. High on his own supply. We giggled alot about that around here afterward.
There were others...some funny and some downright infuriating, but all the same pattern. As for my waves of disillusionment...they're pretty standard. I came up being told that environmentalism would be my primary social and economic responsibilit as an adult. We were going to save the earth, because we love the earth.
Turns out that alot of my early ideas on that came from bad actors, or bad data. It happens. Things change over 40 years. The last wave was in realizing how thoroughly bought the green brand has become. So much so that even if you really are running a green operation - you have to match their claims and rhetoric...somehow..or be insolvent. There were always bugs in the house..but at this point, they've eaten away the floorboards and I doubt that we can salvage the building.
That necessarily creates a situation where you have to educate your customer..and they don't like that, and you're basically telling them what the establishment green movement gets wrong..but they're only there listening to you and buying your product because they wanted to be a part of it.
I could sell snake oil to greenie loons all day long because I speak their language, but if it weren't for my wife I couldn't do what we do. She's the happy clerk to my grim faced executioner. I like to joke that we need to start selling our own hooch, in case a member needs a drink after hearing our spiel. Really, that's just cover for a sales pitch Im making to her. An all substance csa. I could do more for the earth, and make more money..selling green, tobacco, and alcohol than I could by installing solar or growing heirloom squash. Plus, the works easier on both counts. That's the american consumer forya.
(I'll never help you rid yourself of environmental guilt, btw - what I usually tell people in person is to buy some of my products and call me in the morning.
)
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