American - Author | December 19, 1960 -
Part of the problem is that we have become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploiting us, it has become almost impossible for us to imagine living outside of it, and it's very difficult physically for us to live outside of it.
Derrick Jensen
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The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.
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If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to exploit the world.
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If you see yourself as entitled to a resource, and if you're not willing or incapable of seeing this other as a being with whom you can and should be in relation with, then you're going to take the resource.
YourselfYouSeeingSeeTakeGoing
My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home.
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