Every people, land, and nation has a story it likes to tell about itself. It’s the Official Narrative, and it lets the entire world know: This is who we are, what we do, why we’re doing it.
But if you pay attention, you may notice other stories, too. Stories that circulate below the radar. Sometimes they’re right out in the open, contradicting the Official Narrative. Most people don’t acknowledge them, but the signs are everywhere.
Look around and you’ll learn the Unofficial Narrative of Cochise County. Corporate Ag employs violent, dominating, extractive policies to drain our groundwater and expand its ever-increasing land holdings.
We must see the water barons for who they are. They’re multi-billionaires doing an extreme version of what multi-billionaires do. They’re sacrificing the lives of everyday people to feed their greed.