The Radish Rebellion | What if the revolution starts with a worm bin in your kitchen and a tomato plant on your balcony? (www.resilience.org)

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Solarpunk is often dismissed as a purely aesthetic movement - pretty pictures of skyscrapers covered in vines. But true Solarpunk is political. It is about decentralization.

If we want to become independent of the “Big Three” (US tech, Chinese manufacturing, Russian energy), we need to localize our survival.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Then the government will try to make worms and plants illegal.

[-] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I mean, if saving seeds wasn't dangerous to the powers that shouldn't be, Monsanto wouldn't have made it illegal.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

It's dangerous to Monsanto's bottom line, because they rely on having a monopoly on their seeds. I'd say farmers breaking patent law is a revolutionary act! But, at least for now, the government doesn't care if you save heirloom seeds or your own cultivars.

For now.

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