cultureofresistance: “Within this culture wealth is measured by one’s ability to consume and destroy.” - Derrick Jensen Premise Twelve: There are no rich people in the world, and there are no poor people. There are just people. The rich may have lots of pieces of green paper that many pretend are worth something—or their presumed riches may be even more abstract: numbers on hard drives at banks—and the poor may not. These “rich” claim they own land, and the “poor” are often denied the right to make that same claim. A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of pieces of green paper. Those without the green papers generally buy into these delusions almost as quickly and completely as those with. These delusions carry with them extreme consequences in the real world. i actually realized this when i was like, 9. i remember suddenly thinking “wait a second. if every single person on the planet accepted old boots as money, old boots would be money. paper would be nothing. holy moly!” (i pointed this out to my mom a few months ago, and she said that this had never occurred to her.)

cultureofresistance:

“Within this culture wealth is measured by one’s ability to consume and destroy.”

- Derrick Jensen

Premise Twelve: There are no rich people in the world, and there are no poor people. There are just people. The rich may have lots of pieces of green paper that many pretend are worth something—or their presumed riches may be even more abstract: numbers on hard drives at banks—and the poor may not. These “rich” claim they own land, and the “poor” are often denied the right to make that same claim. A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of pieces of green paper. Those without the green papers generally buy into these delusions almost as quickly and completely as those with. These delusions carry with them extreme consequences in the real world.

i actually realized this when i was like, 9. i remember suddenly thinking “wait a second. if every single person on the planet accepted old boots as money, old boots would be money. paper would be nothing. holy moly!”

(i pointed this out to my mom a few months ago, and she said that this had never occurred to her.)

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