Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry.
Derrick JensenYes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making oneself better, is an immense copout, an abrogation of responsibility.
Derrick JensenWhen we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.
Derrick Jensen