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[lahermite]

had to find this for a reply i posted, so i'm going to post it here, in the quote of the day train, but this one can go down as QUOTE OF THE MILLENIA:

"...the primary measure by which we will be judged by those who come after will be the health of the landbase. Everything else builds from there. The people who come after aren’t going to give a shit as to whether we voted Democrat, Republican, Green, anarchist, or none of the above. They’re not going to give a shit about whether we were pacifists or not pacifists. They’re not going to give a shit about whether we signed or didn’t sign online petitions. They’re not going to give a shit about how hard we tried. It’s no good to live in a groovy eco-socialist utopia with free love if the planet is toxified. Those who come after are going to care about whether they can breathe the air, whether they can drink the water, whether the land can support them. Everything else comes from that."

~derrick jensen~

(emphasis mine)

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[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I put this to him that he was illustrating the problem exactly, and he laughed some more and reached for the cream.