Joel Salatin at Polyface Farm, Virginia.
“When was the last time you heard a group of parents bragging? Ever hear one say, “Well, you can have your doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers. My kid is going to grow up and be a farmer.” Ever hear that? Not on your life. The biggest obstacle is emotional – overcoming the cultural prejudice against splinters and blisters. That is why I talk about economics and marketing, along with the mystical, artistic elements of the farm. Yes, it’s a lot of work. But what a great office. What a noble life. What a sacred calling.”
“Guy, Bacon wasn’t doing those experiments or undertaking his conceptual thinking to perpetrate good for all mankind, he was seeking to develop control mechanisms through science. The double speak is so well perfected that they are able to sell the most devious as saviors. Bacon sought to control nature so they could control the publics reality… and they are doing this quite successfully now. In terms of enlightenment, I suggest looking into Adorno and his Dialectic of Enlightenment, which is using knowledge, advancement and education as mechanisms of control.. that’s the dialectic: more knowledge = more control.”
* I know Bacon is one of the secret establishments heroes. That being said, I do believe that someone can think they are trying to do something good, but if the assumptions, perspectives and worldviews which guide one’s endeavors are flawed, the result is kind of already mixed in with the batter. Meaning the answers we get are often based on the questions we ask. Nature as the plaything for man to exploit, control and devalue goes back to before Bacon’s time and were pretty embedded in the culture vis-a-vis the religious dogmas that were held.
I will concur however that Bacon’s position within the secret circles of the British ruling class and his connections to the founding of the pre-cursors to the intelligence agencies which would eventually be the foundation for our own could make Bacon’s motives suspicious.