CULTURAL NORMS

Walking this morning I saw someone poisoning weeds.

I stopped and chatted for a while (and didn’t preach my “don’t use poisons”).

Now the neighbour is chain sawing small bushes.

I understand why people poison weeds and cut down trees –

they are making their properties look nice.

Even though I am aware that our cultural norms are making all life extinct I still have difficulty not conforming.

I used to feel guilty because leaves make my place look untidy:

I am often told my trees are a fire hazard:

Yet I have never seen a tree walking around with a cigarette lighter lighting fires:

Now that I realize our cultural norms are making all life extinct I am happy to be labelled white trash for having an “untidy” garden.

Yet I would still like to be able to afford to have the driveway gravelled.

I do what I can in the microcosm to help the ecology:

so the statement “She wouldn’t hurt a fly” is literal.

Insects are essential and there are 8 billion humans killing insects:

To be pedantic I will kill fleas which pets pick up from the soil and carry into the house.

Think about it:
multinationals control the politicians and the media:

hence we are programmed to be wasteful

so we buy more.

Billions of humans dumping waste that wont decompose.