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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.

— Derrick Jensen The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

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

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From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation.

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

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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.

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I quit work two weeks later--having sold another eighty of my hours--and knew I could never again work a regular job.

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