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Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

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Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

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Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division.

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We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of let's-take-care-of-one-another. That's the creative challenge.

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It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

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Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

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We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are.

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The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

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The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

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We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 7th, 1938

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