Cleansing Our Society Leaves Us Filthier

Throughout human history, there have been many movements to purge our societies of the unwanted or the unpopular.

The only thing it has ever led to is oppression, exclusion and even genocide. All such movements have resulted in continuous disharmony with our connection to Earth, its inhabitants — and yes, our brothers and sisters, as well.

As a species, hundreds of thousands of years ago we learned that we could create shelter by taking branches and placing them at a 45° angle, side-by-side. We created a shelter that not only protected us from the wind, but also provided insulation and protection from wild beasts. Today, we call this a lean-to; back then, it would have been called “home”. This was the beginning of architecture.

We further evolved when we learned to build shelter by placing stones on top of each other and mud in the spaces between the stones. Man later figured out he could have a much stronger structure if he built a frame of logs, and then laid stones side-by-side. All of man’s improvements in architecture were made possible by evolution in engineering, construction methods and design.

Everything evolves.

Long ago, when a chieftain (or leader of a small band of humans) felt threatened, the chieftain would persecute the clan member with whom he had a…