Re: Reloaded with plastic pea pellets; a rant for Jim

Oh, yeah -- there are some people that can survive on their own just
fine. But there are many many millions in the US that live in large
cities. It's very unlikely that most people there could grow enough of
their own food successfully to live without a grocery store. Especially
if the stores closed, say, tomorrow. We could shut all this down, but
then what would our lives look like? Remember the Architect said that
the computer intelligence behind the matrix was "willing to accept a
certain level of survival" if all the human beings providing its power
died. That's what we would have to do, too.

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

>One more turn on the carousel, I was sent to the grocery store on an errand
>by the Boss and I peroused the book rack and I ran across a book called _The
>Da Vinci Code_. I guess its the season of the hard sell.
>
>Concerning Hume etc, I erroneosly assumed your reference to our supposed
>reliance on grocery stores and phone companies etc was a reference to the
>councilor Hume. I say supposed reliance since maybe that may be true for
>most people or society in general, some of us can function to a practical
>degree without grocery stores etc. We have the ability to raise our own
>food, hunt and and have a capacity to enjoy life without all these
>appliances. I have a friend from Missouri who said his family pioneered
>thier homestead with an axe, a shotgun and a Bible. I know my ancestors
>often had less and I was taught how to function with that less and I suspect
>that many out there, probably most West of the Mississippi can too. Two
>media pieces come to mind; Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell in reference to
>your choices between the two rivals below and the movie Red Dawn with the
>Wolverine's tenacity to live and fight from off the land. I watched that
>Pioneer House series on PBS and I think these soft civilized urbanites could
>adapt to the ways of their ancestors in a pinch. So, Mr. B's Hyper-reality
>is still science fiction.
>
>Daniel
>
>
>

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