GoKawiilEssay 'Two Million Hornets' Explores Mountains as Sites of Resistance to State Control
A personal essay contrasts Ireland's deforested, flattened mountains with the wilder peaks of Asturias, Spain, where bears and wolves still roam. The author draws on historical resistance in the region and references James Scott's 'The Art of Not Being Governed' to argue that mountainous terrain has long resisted state surveillance and governance.