“How empty is a theory in the presence of fact!” —Mark Twain
“Action expresses priorities.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Watch your words and your deeds, for your words shall be spoken and your deeds shall be copied.” —Chinese Proverb
“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”—Dakota Proverb
My intention with this book is to provoke thought and investigation. And while all the facts in this book are factual and documented; arguments based on fact alone leads to endless arguments—and to delay any action by raising the bar of needed proof is the most popular method of continuing “business as usual.”
Why the “armature”?
An armature acts as an internal, supportive skeleton that provides structural integrity—and what could be better as the main support than wisdom that has been embraced by people throughout the world, and throughout history: “it’s your actions that define you.”
For my touchstone, and as exemplars for what actions we should perform; I will use those of figures whose actions have made their lives, beliefs, and teachings respected and revered.
Since this investigation relies on substance as evidence: the actions, policies, and the results of those actions and policies, supply the substance through which the intelligence and experience of the investigator can arrive at conclusions—and produce valid projections of future conditions.
In addition, a more detailed exploration of industrial agriculture’s impact on the rural community will help give a fact-grounded map of the route that we all are following.
While plausible deniability has been given widespread acceptance as a visible marker for deceit and corruption; “Plausible Disposability” is emerging as the new acquisitive mechanism of ambition and greed. As our societal troika continually tries to outrun the consequences of a doctrine of privilege and hate—those who are next to be thrown off the back can see what happens to those who went before them.