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[Boulding once said, in response to a forecast that someday every American would be earning $100,000 per year] So what? Someone will still have to take out the garbage.
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Attributed to Boulding in: Donella Meadows (1989) "Thoughts While Cleaning The Living Room: Domestic work is undervalued - but it doesn't need to be" in Caring For Families Vol 21. (Spring 1989). p.16

 

Kenneth Boulding

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This the Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy is the perfect American conundrum, because it's like: “Ah, you know, we should be moving forward as a country, but also— I want to eat garbage, as much as I can.”...
Now that you know this shit, don't eat that f**king sandwich anymore! It's that simple! You can't get it out of your mind, you know it, you know it, you'll always know it!... You can't stop knowing it.
And really— don't f**king eat Chick-fil-A! What are you doing?— it's garbage! Treat yourself better. Even if you're not going to treat other people who don't have the same rights as you better, treat yourself better than that.

 

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