“John Locke, called the Father of Liberalism, made the argument that the individual instead of the community was the foundation of society. He believed that government existed by the consent of the governed, not by divine right. But the reason government is necessary is to defend private property, to keep people from stealing from each other. This idea appealed to the wealthy for an obvious reason: they wanted to keep their wealth. From the perspective of the poor, things look decidedly different. The rich are able to accumulate wealth by taking the labor of the poor and by turning the commons into privately owned commodities; therefore, defending the accumulation of wealth in a system that has no other moral constraints is in effect defending theft, not protecting against it.” WealthPovertyResistancePrivate PropertyAnti Civilization Book:Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet Source: Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet
“For those of us who can't be active on the front lines - and this will be most of us - our job is to create a culture that will encourage and promote political resistance. The main tasks will be loyalty and material support.” JobsPoliticalCultureLinesSupportFrontsMaterialsTasksActiveLoyaltyResistance Book:Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet Source: Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet
“Resistance is a simple concept: power, unjust and immoral, is confronted and dismantled. The powerful are denied their right to hurt the less powerful. Domination is replaced by equity in a shift or substitution of institutions. That shift eventually forms new human relationships, both personally and across society.” HumansFormHurtSimplePowerfulConceptsInstitutionsResistanceDeniedReplacedUnjustDominationImmoralEquityHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsSubstitution Book:Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet Source: Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet
