All things within our currently conceivable world has its origins in one thing: Religion and spirituality. Agriculture was first utilized to raise plants and animals used in religious ceremonies, such as sheep and goats who were trapped, forced to breed and then was sacrificed to various spiritual entities. Sheep were, originally unable to produce copious amounts of wool used for fabric until we domesticated them. Chickens were also raised as beings to be sacrificed to dieties, ancestors, and other spiritual entities. During that time, chickens did not lay eggs or produce edible meat until we forced them to breed after domesticating them. Biologically speaking, animals like modern dogs are unable to survive without the help of humans; and, like most domesticated animals, are generally less intelligent and less productive than their wild counterparts.
This is all due to agriculture, a graven mistake that we cannot recover from. Due to agriculture developing we have created concepts of ownership and management; this, the ecological disaster and failure that is government. Due to agriculture creating the illusionary concept of bounderies, racism and sexism spread rapidly. The plow and the phallus are both symbols of female oppression, because female oppression started with agriculture.
The same concepts applies to modern humans and even plants. Due to domestication of common plants we have rendered them to produce very little nutritional substances; i.e., wild wheat is claimed to have 12% more protein than commonly available marketstrains. Combine this statistic with food being processed and you now have food that is mostly empty carbohydrates. Most domestic forms of apples only contain sugar. Our diet is so bad that our bodies are becoming nesting grounds for genetic destruction and chronic disease. Through industrialization, we have created cities on once prosperous land (that ends up becoming desert after they become inhabitable), increased our risk for chronic diseases (Diseases will become worse due to super-bugs, also known as bacterial adaption. A good example of bacterial adaption is nylon-eating bacteria), we have dumbed down our gene pool (Causing genetic disorders like autism and heart deformities - both of which I have), and increased ed our risk for mental health issues. Modern humans, compared to traditional hunter gatherers, are more violent and self-centered. The country in which I currently reside in, North America, is infamous for its narcissism and thoughts of entitlement. We also have the largest military in the world and a president with Tall Man's Disorder. We are also, unsurprisingly, one of the most technologically advanced societies. Industrialization has dumbed down humanity, also.
So what can we do to save ourselves? Simple: Prevent agriculture from spreading, kill off domestic animals. Now, the real problem is why we won't do that: We are humans, with feelings and needs. We love our child, even if they have a genetic heart condition or autism. We love our tiny, squat, dog; sure, it's dumb, but that makes it cute, right? Sure it does. I enjoy my pet hissing cockroach named Lisa's Tears, but she's clearly unhappy and afraid of me. She feels most comfortable hiding under cardboard boxes and eating trash than she does with me putting her in a glass cup, while playing disturbing music by Sleep Party People and drawing anthromorphised characteristics of her. (Yeah, I know it's creepy. Just pretend it's normal.) But that in no way implies that it is something we should do. We shouldn't breed animals to get a desired deformity (hence, pit bulls and every dog besides wolves and coyetes), and we shouldn't farm plants the way we do. Nature has already developed the perfect method of farming; it is called going into the forest and picking berries and wheat. As a matter of fact, more nutritious food can be found in a half acre of forest than two acres of farmland. Near my apartment grows dandelion, used for tea; wild raspberries, used for jam, fruit and wine; pawpaw fruits, amongst others. Ncluding meat: fish, squirrels and even birds. Agriculture and breeding is in all ways against nature, and according to deep ecology, unnatural. In a forest, monoculture is no where to be found; therefore, agriculture is dangerous both to humanity, nature, and animals. Agriculture is the reason why we have technology, large houses and industry. Yet, it had its innocent origins in one thing: Religion.
