Gregory Benford - The common liberal orthodoxy that living close to the land leads to eco-awareness ...

Gregory Benford Zitate

The common liberal orthodoxy that living close to the land leads to eco-awareness is historically naive, considering that Mesopotamia, northern Africa, and the Mayan civilization were ruined by people who had lived there quite a long while.

Gregory Benford

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die allgemeine liberale Orthodoxie, dass das Leben in der Nähe des Landes zu Öko-Bewusstsein führt, ist historisch naiv, wenn man bedenkt, dass Mesopotamien, Nordafrika und die Maya-Zivilisation von Menschen ruiniert wurden, die dort lange Zeit gelebt hatten.

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