[HN Gopher] The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it...
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       The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?
        
       Author : gmays
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-09-19 21:13 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | timeagain wrote:
       | My partner is native and I'm basically a hippie. But I don't get
       | the native food sovereignty movement at all. If we went back to
       | farming and agriculture as it was practiced, the majority of us
       | would starve.
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       | What's the point of bringing back chestnuts if we don't bring
       | back the way of life that they enabled 500 years ago? Give me a
       | break.
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       | I understand the resentment that native people have against the
       | government, it was the harbinger of their apocalypse. But like
       | most radical leftist groups the suggestions on how to reach the
       | beautiful equitable future are few and far between.
        
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