![]() ![]() Solid If Brief History Marred By No True Scotsmen. Categories Book Review Tags agriculture, amreading, climatechange, Democrat, farm, greennewdeal, nonfiction, policy, politics, Republican, smallfarm, Vermont Post navigation This review of Small Farm Republic by John Klar was originally written on April 1, 2023. Citing either one as what the author considers to be legitimate evidence would be enough for a star deduction on its own, and thus the two star deduction here. What calls this book into question are the sources it uses – two, in fact, that I’ve reviewed before and which have proven to be questionable themselves (Chris Smaje’s October 2020 book A Small Farm Future and Shanna Swan and Stacey Colino’s February 2021 book Count Down). (Rather than the “pie in the sky” so many demagogues of all stripes generally propose.) His general plan does in fact read like a Republican was trying to put together exactly that type of plan, but in a fairly realistic, “this is actually politically viable” manner. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book’s general premise – a strategy for the American Right to lean in to its traditional principles, ignore “Climate Change”, and yet still manage to out-green the American Left – is a truly intriguing idea, one Klar has clearly put quite a bit of thought into. Questionable Sources Mar Intriguing Premise. ![]()
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