My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
To be clear, civilization is not the same as society. Civilization is a specific, hierarchical organization based on 'power over.' Dismantling civilization,… — Derrick Jensen Civilization Copy Share Image
Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even… — Derrick Jensen Differences Copy Share Image
“It’s unavoidable: so long as we value money more highly than living beings and more highly than relationships, we will continue to… — Derrick Jensen Monetary value Copy Share Image
The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it… — Derrick Jensen Abstract Copy Share Image
Violence, and evil, doesn't always come dressed in black, and it doesn't always look like Charles Manson. Nor does it always come… — Derrick Jensen Arrogant Copy Share Image
A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realize you never needed it in the first… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“For instance, have you heard of Rupert Sheldrake’s work with dogs? He puts a time-recording camera on both the dog at home… — Derrick Jensen Living things Copy Share Image
To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way around it. We can… — Derrick Jensen Civilization Copy Share Image
“The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal… — Derrick Jensen Alienation Copy Share Image
“This is the key to understanding the difference between indigenous and civilized warfare: Even in warfare the indigenous maintain relationships with their… — Derrick Jensen Life Copy Share Image
“One of the fables we live by is that some day the killing will stop. If only we rid ourselves of Chinese,… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“I wish that my childhood would have been different. I do not, however, regret what happened. This does not mean tht I… — Derrick Jensen Children Copy Share Image
Stand with me. Stand and fight. I am one, and we would be two. Two more might join and we would be… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures,… — Derrick Jensen Assault Copy Share Image
“It will be very hard. You’ll make a million mistakes, and you’ll pay for them all, one way or another. But the… — Derrick Jensen Challenge-and-attitude Copy Share Image
“I'm reasonably certain, salmon, swordfish, and hammerhead sharks do not find themselves paralyzed by spasms of self-blame for their plight - What… — Derrick Jensen Civilization Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake, our economic system can do no other than destroy everything it encounters. That’s what happens when you convert living… — Derrick Jensen Economic system Copy Share Image
“There’s a larger point to be made here than my own obtuseness, which is the fragility, beauty, and at the same time… — Derrick Jensen Beauty Copy Share Image
“I saw a stop sign, and it occurred to me that just as no one expects a stop sign to stop a… — Derrick Jensen Communication Copy Share Image
“Let's be honest. The activities of our economic and social system are killing the planet. Even if we confine ourselves merely to… — Derrick Jensen Nature of man Copy Share Image
“One of the problems with all of this is that not all narratives are equal. Imagine, to take a silly example, that… — Derrick Jensen Anarchism Copy Share Image
“Schooling as it presently exists, like science before and religion before that, is necessary to the continuation of our culture and to… — Derrick Jensen Education Copy Share Image
“There is a deeper point to be made here, however, having to do with the specificity of everything. One of the great… — Derrick Jensen Education Copy Share Image
“As Lewis Mumford observed, our choices have been grossly limited: “On the terms imposed by technocratic society, there is no hope for… — Derrick Jensen Hope Copy Share Image
“There have existed, and for the time being still exist, many cultures whose members refuse to cut the vocal cords of the… — Derrick Jensen Art of living Copy Share Image
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