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Quotes from The Culture of Make Believe — Derrick Jensen

born 1960 United States

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If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

From the perspective of those who are entitled, the problems begin when those they despise do not go along with--and have the power and wherewithal to not go along with--the perceived entitlement.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

If we wish to stop the atrocities, we will need to understand and change the social and economic conditions that cause them.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

If any thing can be predicated as universally true of uncultivated man, it is that he will not labour beyond what is absolutely necessary to maintain his existence.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution--this artifice--continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Derrick Jensen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.