-- Why has hemp become "banned," "misunderstood," and "marginalized"?
What do nations fear?
Weapons? Religion? Ideology?
A look at history makes the answer clear.
What nations truly fear are “structures that breed independence.”
And there is a crop that meets all of these conditions.
That crop is hemp.
Hemp is a "too tough crop"
Hemp is incredibly versatile.
– It can be used to produce fiber
– It can be used to produce food
– It can be used to produce oil
– It can be used as a building material
– It can restore soil quality
– It can restore the water cycle
– It requires no chemicals
It should be considered an “ideal crop.”
And yet, hemp has long been suppressed around the world.
Why?
What nations fear is "an entity they don't need to depend on"
The foundations of running a nation are control and dependence.
Water comes from dams.
Fertilizer comes from factories.
Energy comes from the central government.
Food comes from the market.
This structure allows taxes, subsidies, regulations, and permits to function.
But hemp disrupts this structure from within.
Hemp brings "uncontrollable independence"
1. Reduce dependency on chemical materials
Hemp is disease-resistant and fast-growing.
It requires little or no pesticides or herbicides.
This means less reliance on the pesticide and chemical fertilizer industries.
2. Reduce dependency on water infrastructure
Hemp restores soil structure.
Water is infiltrated, stored, and slowly released.
This means that the water cycle can be established at the local level without dams or large-scale irrigation.
For states, this means decentralizing water management authority.
3. Local areas will become self-sufficient
Hemp can be used to produce these goods locally.
Clothing
Shelter
Food
Energy
When regions become more independent,
centralization weakens.
The government calls this “inefficiency,”
but in essence, it’s a risk of losing control.
The "dangerous plants" story was created later
It’s not hemp itself that’s dangerous.
It’s the structural changes it brings about that are dangerous.
As a result, hemp has come to be associated with images of being
“dangerous,”
“suspicious,”
and “related to crime.”
It’s not the crop itself that’s being controlled, but
it’s the meaning attached to it that’s being controlled.
States want to lock hemp into a "crop"
In modern times, hemp is gradually being reevaluated.
However, there are consistent characteristics in how it is treated:
– Only permitted as an industrial raw material
– Strict regulations
– Limited to small-scale use
In other words,
it is only permitted to be used to the extent that it does not become part of infrastructure.
While countries may recognize hemp
as a “fiber” and “material,”
they are reluctant to recognize it as a “structural element.”
Hemp is not politically neutral
Hemp does not have thoughts.
But it creates the soil that gives birth to thoughts.
– Awareness of protecting the land
– A perspective on circulation
– A sense of independent living
These are difficult for a centralized system to handle.
That’s why hemp has repeatedly been relegated to the periphery of history.
Conclusion
What the state fears is not hemp itself.
It is the “independent land” and “independent people” that hemp produces.
More than weapons,
more than ideologies,
more than revolutions,
it is something that quietly changes the structure of society.
That is hemp.