Today, local economies are being destroyed by the 'pluralistic,' displ…

Wendell Berry
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Today, local economies are being destroyed by the 'pluralistic,' displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place. ✨ New Perspectives Quarterly, www.poetryfoundation.org. 1992.
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