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Actually, adam smith warned explicitly against such abuses, and supported strong unions to prevent them. He cites as authority for that view a 2003 tome by messrs. The global assault on forests 2004, us writer derrick jensen recounts that the earliest written records of western civilization tell of king gilgamesh in mesopotamia felling great cedar forests for glory and power. Derrick jensen born december 19, 1960 is an american author, ecophilosopher, radical environmentalist, and anticivilization advocate. Without fire, dead litter in these forests does not decay or rot, but simply piles up on the forest floor. Continuous warfare, like that of mozambique from 19771992, also has the effect of keeping foreign investors uninterested in risking their capital in. The practice of professional consulting by edward g. Jensen argues the age of the anthropocene has been an era of gross.
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