Love Does Not Imply Pacifism.

We Cannot Hope To Create A Sustainable Culture With Any But Sustainable Souls.

Premise Eight: The Needs Of The Natural World Are More Important Than The Needs Of The Economic System.

Slavery Was A Central Concern Of Governance Form The Time Of The First Nation-state. The Code Of Hammurabi, The Earliest Know Set Of Laws For Governing An Empire, Prescribed Death For Anyone Who Harbored A Fugitive Or Otherwise Helped A Slave To Escape. The Relationship Between The Law And Bondage Goes Back Even Farther: Indeed, The Oldest Extant Legal Documents Don't Concern The Sale Of Land, Houses, Or Even Animals, But Slaves.

The Big Dividing Line Is Not And Has Never Been Between Those Who Advocate More Or Less Militant Forms Of Resistance, Or Between Mainstream And Grassroots Activists. The Dividing Line Is Between Those Who Do Something And Those Who Do Nothing.

Hope Is A Longing For A Future Condition Over Which You Have No Agency; It Means You Are Essentially Powerless.