"Those in power have made it so we……" — Derrick Jensen
"Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don't, people with guns come and force us to pay. That's violent."
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68 Quotes by Derrick Jensen
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From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation.
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