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We need to build communities of resistance.
09 Nov 2004
Date Edited: 09 Nov 2004 05:24:49 PM
What I what to know is how will we complete such a task? Maine has a strong tradition of self-sufficiency and the ability to take care of it self. Maine has strong roots in essential trades that could still sustain the population of Maine, including forestry, agriculture and fishing. Fishing is a hurting industry and we could blame that on our dependence to out-of-state money and commercial irresponsibility. If we were to give our waters a few years brake, perhaps the fish populations could come back to a level that would supplement a local agriculture industry that focused on feeding local working people instead of tourist and yuppies. The forestry industry of Maine is far from sustainable, because we have given up our control of our forest to multinational corporations that are clear cutting the northern half of the state. In southern Maine the building and real estate industries are out of control. Suburban sprawl has infected a vast part of southern Maine and is on of the fastest growing suburban areas in the United States.
In order to create localized, sustainable industries in Maine, the people of Maine will need to change their consumptive habits. The state will also need to change its spending habits and lower income and property taxes. State taxes could be diverted to local municipalities, which would could hire local people and keep our money in each locality instead of sending it out-of-state. So we need consumers and the state to change their consumptive behaviors. The state, which is controlled by corporate money, will not change without citizens to demand. Citizens that benefit from inexpensive commodities and services will need good reason to spend more to keep money local.
What does this mean? I believe the answer is that people interested in seceding from the United States need to start educating the citizens of Maine and demanding that the state governments stop spending money in general and only locally when necessary. We need to start building stronger communities in Maine. We need to build communities of resistance to the federal government and the rich, not working class people, republicans or democrats.
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