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Joel
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by Wes Jackson
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farming,
food,
nature,
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“Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don't, people with guns come and force us to pay. That's violent.”
― Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
― Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
“Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.”
― Dark Age Ahead
― Dark Age Ahead
“A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance.”
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“Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
― Farming: A Hand Book
― Farming: A Hand Book
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