A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society bec…

Edward Abbey
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A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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