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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.

kin, not ancestors. Our main difference from

America seemed a virgin land waiting for civilization. But Europe had made the wilderness it found; America was not a virgin, she was a widow.

Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.

Our word "lord" comes from the Old English hlaford, or "loafward," he who guarded the bread supply - and was expected to share it.

Soon after man shows up in new lands, the big game starts to go missing. [ ... ] A bad smell of extinction follows Home sapiens around the world. (37)

The most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one's interest. It is a suicide machine.