January 2011
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The real world does not resemble our compartmentalized version of it. Where do I end and you begin? Are you still in the air you just exhaled, the air I now take in, the air that carries with it the sweetness of your breath? Do you end where your fingers touch my skin, or do you follow these sensations into my body? Where do I end when I move inside of you, and where do you end when you move...
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“Once a people have committed (or enslaved) themselves to a growth economy,...”
– Derrick Jensen (via azspot)
Derrick is a very big hero of mine. (via sarahjune)
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“Premise Seven: The longer we wait for civilization to crash—or the longer we...”
– Derrick Jensen
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“Premise Six: Civilization is not redeemable. This culture will not undergo any...”
– Derrick Jensen
“Premise Five: The property of those higher on the hierarchy is more valuable...”
– Derrick Jensen
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“Premise Five: The property of those higher on the hierarchy is more valuable...”
– Derrick Jensen
“Premise Four: Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet...”
– Derrick Jensen
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“Premise Four: Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet...”
– Derrick Jensen
“Premise Three: Our way of living—industrial civilization—is based on, requires,...”
– Derrick Jensen
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“Premise Three: Our way of living—industrial civilization—is based on, requires,...”
– Derrick Jensen
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“Premise Two: Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell...”
– Derrick Jensen
“Premise Two: Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell...”
– Derrick Jensen
“The good news is that we don’t need to go “backward” to anything, because humans...”
– Derrick Jensen, Endgame.
“The good news is that we don’t need to go “backward” to anything, because humans...”
– Derrick Jensen, Endgame.
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“By now, plastic is almost everywhere. By everywhere, I mean in a huge portion of...”
– Derrick Jensen, What We Leave Behind.
“By now, plastic is almost everywhere. By everywhere, I mean in a huge portion of...”
– Derrick Jensen, What We Leave Behind.
“Pretend you are not civilized. Pretend you love the land where you live. Pretend...”
– Derrick Jensen: Endgame (via guerrillamamamedicine) (via wildnettles)
“Pretend you are not civilized. Pretend you love the land where you live. Pretend...”
– Derrick Jensen: Endgame (via guerrillamamamedicine) (via wildnettles)
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“I’ve heard many environmentalists state that if only they could get CEOs and...”
– Derrick Jensen - Endgame Volume II: Resistance (via therecipe)
“I’ve heard many environmentalists state that if only they could get CEOs and...”
– Derrick Jensen - Endgame Volume II: Resistance (via therecipe)
“I think the idea that “technology is neutral” is one of the most dangerous myths...”
– Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay, What We Leave Behind, p. 343 (via mikroblogolas)
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“I think the idea that “technology is neutral” is one of the most dangerous myths...”
– Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay, What We Leave Behind, p. 343 (via mikroblogolas)
“Any solution that springs from the (most often entirely unconscious) belief that...”
– Derrick Jensen, What We Leave Behind, p. 203 (via mikroblogolas)
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“Any solution that springs from the (most often entirely unconscious) belief that...”
– Derrick Jensen, What We Leave Behind, p. 203 (via mikroblogolas)
“If you fight back you run the risk of ‘becoming like they are’. Does this mean…...”
– Derrick Jensen (via bradicalmang)
“If you fight back you run the risk of ‘becoming like they are’. Does this mean…...”
– Derrick Jensen (via bradicalmang)
“The next reason I can’t offer solutions is that the ‘problem’ — whatever that...”
– Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words, p. 371 (via mikroblogolas)
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“The next reason I can’t offer solutions is that the ‘problem’ — whatever that...”
– Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words, p. 371 (via mikroblogolas)
“If you only had a limited time to life (which is of course the case), how would...”
– Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words, p 333
This is actually quite profound.
(via mikroblogolas)
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“If you only had a limited time to life (which is of course the case), how would...”
– Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words, p 333
This is actually quite profound.
(via mikroblogolas)
“From birth on—and probably from conception, but I’m not sure how I’d make the...”
– Derrick Jensen (Endgame) Without a doubt one of the best books I’ve ever picked up. (via merissavega)
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“From birth on—and probably from conception, but I’m not sure how I’d make the...”
– Derrick Jensen (Endgame) Without a doubt one of the best books I’ve ever picked up. (via merissavega)
“If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down forests, poisoned the water...”
– Derrick Jensen (via therecipe)
“If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down forests, poisoned the water...”
– Derrick Jensen (via therecipe)
“From the perspective of those who are entitled, the problems begin when those...”
– Derrick Jensen
“From the perspective of those who are entitled, the problems begin when those...”
– Derrick Jensen
“If any thing can be predicated as universally true of uncultivated man, it is...”
– Derrick Jensen
“If any thing can be predicated as universally true of uncultivated man, it is...”
– Derrick Jensen
“Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this...”
– Derrick Jensen
“Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this...”
– Derrick Jensen
Watchtheslowcollapseofsociety:
Fuck Patience.
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