Quotes by Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization

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We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls. — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
a real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper. — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
...a woman smart and persistent enough that even a PhD in psychology hasn't clouded her insight into how people think an — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way around it. We can tal — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive ac — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
One of the problems with all of this is that not all narratives are equal. Imagine, to take a silly example, that someon — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impov — Derrick Jensen, Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization