Micromanagement in Government and Landscaping: Libertarianism vs. Communism, and Monoculture Lawns скачать в хорошем качестве

Micromanagement in Government and Landscaping: Libertarianism vs. Communism, and Monoculture Lawns

I draw a connection that seems obvious to me but many people, for whatever reason, don't seem to make: the parallel between the effects of micromanagement or overly-intensive management of governments and economies, and the same in yards, lawns, and landscaping. In the governmental sphere, there is a spectrum between Libertarianism on one end, and Authoritarian-Communism, as represented by the former USSR and Eastern Bloc Communist country at the other extreme. In landscaping, a similar spectrum exists between biodiverse, wild ecosystems on one end, and monoculture lawns and other management-intensive landscapes at the other extreme. I explain that there is a bizarre disconnect in that I frequently see houses flying the Gadsden flag, a symbol of Libertarianism which I am a big fan of because I like both small government AND snakes, but these houses often have heavily-micromanaged monoculture lawns. I also see the reverse: people who are strong advocates of a hands-off approach to their yards and lawns, yet who embrace micromanagement when it comes to their political philosophy. I explain how micromanagement can cause harm in both spheres. In government and economies, the extreme example results in massive shortages, even famine and collapse of society, as happened in the former USSR. However micromanagement and market interventions can cause problems even when they are carried out on a smaller scale in mostly-free economies like the US, and I give the example of agriculture subsidies, how subsidized crop insurance on bulk commodities like corn and soybean has created low-quality goods that get pumped into the refining industry, flooding the market with products like high-fructose corn syrup, corn oil, and corn starch, which pump empty calories into our food supply in the form of ultraprocessed foods that create public health problems like obesity and type 2 diabetes. In the ecological sphere, micromanagement creates incredible waste in the maintenance of lawns, and negative environmental impacts through chemical use such as fertilizer runoff, and herbicides and pesticides, but that the bigger risk is the loss of biodiversity and collapse of the food web. I also talk about how both in economies and ecosystems, diversity and competition between individual agents, whether businesses in an economy, or plants and animals in an ecosystem, leads to greater adaptability and strength, helping the economy or ecosystem to adapt to changing conditions. I talk about how I run bplant.org, a plant ecology website as my main work, and my YouTube channel is a side project. I also give the example of two native grasses, Nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi), and Danthonia spicata, which grow in my yard and work well as mowable lawn grasses, and how they are adapted to different conditions. I want others to make these connections.