Wendell Berry on His Hopes for Humanity

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  • Interview with Wendell Berry by Bill Moyers

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  • @PoetlaureateNFDL
    @PoetlaureateNFDL ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for this great interview. Wendell speaks the truth.

  • @TheWojomatic
    @TheWojomatic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I"m always amazed that the very best content on the internet has about a thousand views. To be in the mainstream in this country is a missing of life. This guy just told us that the whole thing is holy. It should be common sense yet in this age it's a radical notion. God bless you WB.

    • @aaron___6014
      @aaron___6014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheWojomatic very true.

    • @arnoldm769
      @arnoldm769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      5 years later, still thinking the exact same thing - Taylor swift wearing a new t shirt will hit 3000000 likes and make the news

    • @colinellesmere
      @colinellesmere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      6 years on and I had the same thought two day ago. Then I read this comment.

    • @gurgisjones1120
      @gurgisjones1120 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gurdjieff talked about that. The masses follow the wide path of foolishness, and only the relatively few take the smaller path of wisdom, enlightenment, and peace. Mankind is just set up this way. But thanks for us in that latter group.

  • @gertrudisd1333
    @gertrudisd1333 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m currently reading Jayber Crow. I’ve never heard of Wendell Berry up until recently. Jayber Crow is the most important piece of fiction that everyone needs to read.
    Deo gratias. Glory to God for all things.

  • @kyleholifield527
    @kyleholifield527 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It seems to me that a small family farm in this age is the ultimate act of civil disobedience.

  • @SaintNektarios
    @SaintNektarios 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    @33:48 . "To make a living is not to make a killing, it's to have enough."

  • @barbaraparkerhouse
    @barbaraparkerhouse 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank you Wendell for your continued efforts to shed light on the "precious things". And, thank you for reminding Christians that environmentalists and liberals are not the enemy.

  • @milesmena9623
    @milesmena9623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad I had the time to sit down and hear what his man had to say.

  • @nicholasr829
    @nicholasr829 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    this man is a true hero

  • @overgrowthesystem2872
    @overgrowthesystem2872 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    So much respect for this man.

  • @DRJMF1
    @DRJMF1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    HIS PASSION AND LOVE ARE OBVIOUS IN EVERYTHING HE DOES. HIS OBSERVATIONS ARE REMARKABLE. HIS CONTEXTUAL LANGUAGE SUPERB. HIS BEAUTIFUL MIND IS A BUSY BUMBLE BEE OF ACTIVITY.

  • @Edenside
    @Edenside 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for sharing!

  • @kyspaceman
    @kyspaceman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Henry County's and Kentucky greatest writer and prophet. We all need more of Berry's right stuff. The Creator has blessed him and us. May it continue a while longer.

  • @bearsguru89
    @bearsguru89 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a Kentuckian, I'm so thankful to have Wendell. One of a kind.

  • @carolbrowning2246
    @carolbrowning2246 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He is a great writer, a powerful thinker, and he addresses issues we should all be concerned about. He is willing to stand up to government officials who simply don't listen. He is a man for the people, the unnoticed people who aren't wealthy.

    • @garrytanner6120
      @garrytanner6120 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is not a man for the people. And he is not a man to lead an environmental movement. He is an effete Eastern know-it-all who likes to pretend that he is one of the regular folk who earn a living by the sweat of their brow. But he doesn't face any bill collectors beating down his door. Rather he is a liberal intellectual from the politically correct university circuit. Why doesn't he try speaking to a coal industry executive respectfully and discuss profit based incentives for the shareholders and stakeholders to transition their investments to nuclear power. This power source could address global warming Now!

  • @j.t.lumberjack7943
    @j.t.lumberjack7943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wendell is a truth teller. His words sound like scripture for the Holy Scriptures and the Truths of God's general revelation to man through the created world, is inseparably weaved throughout his thoughts, and his pen. He is pointing us - back to the land - back to The Maker, and His order of things.

  • @efrem1
    @efrem1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hearts must be changed. Neither the liberals nor conservatives offer any answers. Pass a law, enact a program, blah blah blah. Materialism is sucking us dry and we are like the suckers in the classic movie They Live. We want more, more, more.

    • @kargelr
      @kargelr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      When one group is openly pledging to remove rights from the weak and the other is demanding the rights remain, it is disingenuous to equate them.

    • @davidquispe1584
      @davidquispe1584 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's not disingenuous, I think it's reality. Liberals promote and defend the modern, destructive city life to the death. They believe in "environmentalist" and "sustainable" capitalism to solve problems, and are unwilling to "take action" as WB says and get their hands dirty. The minute they do, and go back to millenia-old values and try to restore our connection to life, they in a sense cease to be liberals. And the conservative, pro-capitalists that defend the interests of the corporations and the elites, if/when they also take action, and place life over profit and value the natural world and community over "individual liberty" and "property rights," become a bit more liberal. I think there is currently a thick level of nastiness covering both sides of the coin, but if you scratch away enough at either side, you can find good.

  • @resipsaloquitur13
    @resipsaloquitur13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Certainly this man is being studied by the Nobel committee. These are not complicated ideals. They are simple truths which one can go anywhere and observe. Question is: When will it matter enough to our species to do something about it?

    • @elliottteters1823
      @elliottteters1823 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      We will change things when we shift our focus away from accumulating stuff.

  • @nickf7313
    @nickf7313 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Published on my birthday, and I just discovered my new favorite intellectual.

  • @joelfry4982
    @joelfry4982 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wendall Berry is a great man and a great poet. I detected some Rumi in one of the poems. I wonder if he had read any Rumi before he wrote that poem in which he talks about God being dead, then God being alive, etc.
    The main thing he addressed (other than the actual poems) which I found to be of interest is making a living without having to make "a killing." We have a consumption problem. I don't know whether we have a population problem. Maybe we do. But when you combine a consumption problem with genuine overpopulation you quickly depleate everything. At least that seems to be the case.

  • @zanejones8014
    @zanejones8014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Berry is an incredible force. It's interesting to see very few people of color in this production. Berry, I believe challenges power, and I believe including those that do not look like berry is critical to change. So please include others so we don't have a monoculture.

    • @nonfictionone
      @nonfictionone 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Skin colour is just that, skin colour. It means nothing else. I don’t think we should put people in or out of something because of the amount of melanin in their skin. You should perhaps try to start ignoring the colour of peoples skin.

  • @bsauerbrey
    @bsauerbrey 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Only the vision of a 'mad farmer' can bring sanity to this world.

  • @shanehartley1957
    @shanehartley1957 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An amazing man.

  • @michaelkingsbury4305
    @michaelkingsbury4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    An American Hero, to me anyway.

  • @maddoxbromley6426
    @maddoxbromley6426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a cattle rancher I think there is a balance between modern and traditional ag. I have heard claims of how rotational and mob grazing can replace fertilizer but I have never had much success with it or equaled what a little nitrogen will do for a pasture.

    • @NW_Ranger
      @NW_Ranger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Perhaps your knowledge of Regenerative Agriculture is limited. And perhaps… further learning with experienced individuals outside of the circles of which you revolve might be helpful. I wish you all the success in this pursuit.

  • @user-fs6ou3fk9p
    @user-fs6ou3fk9p 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My heart aches. I'm done, and it is truely war.

  • @toyagurung9703
    @toyagurung9703 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a small insect moving towards the hope

  • @jgrdesigns
    @jgrdesigns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this is completely off topic but he sounds like Dr. Phil lmao xD

  • @curlymonkeyboy
    @curlymonkeyboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this reminds me of the doctor from dopesick. Big business gets an honest man on stage and exploit the shit out of him, get him addicted to the program. Marketing dream.

  • @user-fs6ou3fk9p
    @user-fs6ou3fk9p 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What does Mother Earth need.

  • @garrytanner6120
    @garrytanner6120 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Surface mining seems to have two downsides. One downside messes with the topology of the Appalachian Mountains, and this seems to lead to suffering of the carriage trade who are deprived of another place to spread out their blankets for their picnics. Should we worry that the ladies will have their petticoats soiled?
    The other environmental deprivation of mountain top mining is the poisoned water that will deprive the local people of the most vital resource of their lives, safe drinking water, and therefore habitable communities.
    Which one are you fighting for Mr. Berry?

    • @kennethfaught8754
      @kennethfaught8754 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perhaps have a closer listen, beginning at about the 9:00 mark. 😎

  • @stasiandme
    @stasiandme 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It appears that he is a part of the 1 % chosen one. Lol

  • @beamworthy4134
    @beamworthy4134 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    We build it online

  • @Dreadjembe
    @Dreadjembe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    permaculture!

  • @joshuaflackua
    @joshuaflackua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    12:38 Bernie Sanders

  • @cedarpoplar7443
    @cedarpoplar7443 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good fella. He'll drive you crazy though. I haven't read any of his writings but to hear about him, is plenty of enough. Donald should take a look. I'm not going to reead, you just won't talk me into it. .. he, he, he he, he, he. OK, ok, maybe I'll take a look at it. .. I'm going to take a look at it.
    taking the Gospel "very seriously"- is indeed, a very serious thing. you cannot mess around with that. Folks tend to forget about that. (I got so many things from the Bible stucked in my head - it ain't even funny. Christianity, was never meant to be called "Christianity". Jesus of Nazareth came to bring deliverance, not pleasure in "the things of the world" - you gotta a nother thing coming homeboy! if you think we're going to swallow it!

  • @DontDieSenpai
    @DontDieSenpai 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really?! Let's go back to the 1800's. I am sure he'd fit in with the Amish.

    • @mohitoness
      @mohitoness 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      feel sorry for your narrow mindedness lol

    • @DontDieSenpai
      @DontDieSenpai 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      mohitoness

    • @DontDieSenpai
      @DontDieSenpai 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn'post my response for some reason. I'm guessing you're anti-GMO. Do you not realize every source of food has been genetically modified in some way? Botanists brees flowers to produce new flowers. Ancient agricultural civilizations bred corn. The only difference is where the modification is performed. In a lab, the genes can be modified more accurately and more efficiently. If you're as open-minded as you claim to be and you trust the majority of science, go look at the thousands of peer-reviewed articles that all corroborate each other independently. Look at the articles that have been repealed, all of those have been anti-GMO. Diversity is great, but you can't deny science.

    • @mohitoness
      @mohitoness 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      lol, you guessed wrong, and your 'anti' and 'pro' instant typecasting even further shows how narrow minded you are hahaha

    • @davidquispe1584
      @davidquispe1584 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      people aren't against GMO because its unholy to practice genetics, but because it's done with the sole intention of being able to "make a killing" by dousing the crops in pesticides with large scale machinery in order to produce the cheapest, minimal-quality food to sustain the destructive modern city lifestyles. @@DontDieSenpai

  • @guloguloguy
    @guloguloguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ......(Yuck! Bill Moyers!).......