jensen import law
Two things happen as soon as you require the importation of resources. One of them is that your way of living can 1\ never be sustainable, because, if you require the importation of resources, it means you’ve denuded the landscape of that particular resource, and, as your city grows, you’ll denude an ever-larger area. … And the other thing it means is that your way of life 2\ must be based on violence, because if you require the importation of resources, trade will never be sufficiently reliable because, if you require the importation of resources and the people in the next watershed over aren’t going to trade you for it, you’re going to take it.
— Derrick Jensen, Book lecture for Endgame
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also find it in 2008 lecture (2:43 min video) – derrick on civ and resistance
26 min – i’ve been bashing civ for 15-20 yrs.. and with this book i figured i better define it.. civ: a way of life characterized by growth of cities.. city: people living in numbers large enough to require importation of resources.. 2 things happen as soon as require importation of resources: 1\ way of living can never be sustainable.. 2\ way of life must be based on violence
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jensen civilization law: civilization.. can ever be an ethical or sustainable model for human society’
agri surplus.. testart storage law.. et al
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be you. 