But our waste problem is not the fault only of producers. It is the fa…

Wendell Berry
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But our waste problem is not the fault only of producers. It is the fault of an economy that is wasteful from top to bottom-a symbiosis of an unlimited greed at the top and a lazy, passive, and self-indulgent consumptiveness at the bottom-and all of us are involved in it. ✨ Wendell Berry (2010). What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth, p.159, Counterpoint Press
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