“How you answer the question, whether individuals should be persuaded to live their whole lives in a state of chemical dependency, first upon contraceptive steroids and then on replacement therapy, depends upon your regard for the autonomy of the individual. If men would not live their lives this way, why should women?” IfsMenWayShouldFirstsStatesWholeIndividualAnswersDependsRegardWhole LifeTherapyChemicalsAutonomyDependencyReplacementsSteroidContraceptives Author:Germaine Greer
“Every farmer must go to the seed industry every year to buy their seed and pay an 80 percent royalty to a corporation. Over-the-fence exchanges have started to be treated as crimes. Or, if you need a biological pest control, you can no longer use the need seed in your back yard. Instead you have to depend on the Grace Corporation or some other entity. That kind of dependency basically leads to increased poverty and increased ecological destruction.” IfsNeedsYearsKindUsePayPovertyGraceCrimeDependsIndustryPercentDestructionSeedsTreatedCorporationsFarmersEntityYardsFenceRoyaltyEcologicalDependencyPestsPest Control Author:Vandana Shiva
“If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great.” IfsWantInspirationCompanyCreativityRiskDependsIngenuityCharismaDependencySalesmanship Author:Margaret Heffernan