"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."

People, Countries, First, Habits

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"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."

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"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."

People, Countries, First, Habits

"Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded."

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"How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally."

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"It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics."

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"Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration."

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"What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands."

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"There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production."

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"There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things."

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"Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy."

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"If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees."

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