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Wendell Berry: Slavery Freedom
on Friday, March 10, 2023Meaning of Wendell Berry Money Quote: saying people can become wage slaves and convinced they are free, then finds ways to take back the money given. Wendell Berry said:
“The new slavery has improved upon the old by giving the new slaves the illusion that they are free. The Economy does not take people’s freedom by force, which would be against its principles, for it is very humane. It buys their freedom, pays for it, and then persuades its money back again with shoddy goods and the promise of freedom” — Wendell Berry
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Wendell Berry: Global Economy Exploits
on Saturday, December 16, 2017Wendell Berry Money Quote saying local economies are not respected and are often sacrificed in favor of global economies for the sake of profit. Wendell Berry said:
“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”– Wendell Berry
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Wendell Berry: Money in Lieu of Action
on Wednesday, December 13, 2017Wendell Berry Money Quote saying giving our money is seen as a replacement for giving our selves, our time and our energy toward caring about others. Wendell Berry said:
“Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time” — Wendell Berry
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Wendell Berry: Soul is Sold to Employer
on Thursday, September 10, 2015Wendell Berry Money Quotation saying we have sold our allegiance to our employer, that decision represents our financial soul. Wendell Berry said:
“A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance” — Wendell Berry
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