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“Famine was the mark of a maturing agricultural society, the very badge of civilization.”
― Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
― Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
“Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens.”
― Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
― Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
“What was invented with civilization was the ability of some to deny sensuality to others.”
― Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
― Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
“A thirty-two-ounce soda and a tank of gas is America distilled to its seminal fluids.”
― Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
― Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
“Go to Old Delhi,and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages. They see the organs of their brothers lying around them.They know they are next, yet they cannot rebel. They do not try to get out of the coop. The very same thing is done with humans in this country.”
― The White Tiger
― The White Tiger
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