Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens.

All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for the effects on the workers, environment, and future generations. We have a straightforward proposal: if they want public money, we want public control. It's that simple.

Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing.

Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of the economic system.

a real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves

We have been too kind to those who are killing the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind.

We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.