'The modern human assumption that trees, plants and all other wildlife are “just property” is, to Powers, the root of our much greater species problem. “Every form of mental despair and terror and incapacity in modern life seems to be related in some way to this complete alienation from everything else alive. We’re deeply, existentially lonely."'
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.There's an almost throw-away comment in John Berger's Looking at Animals that the root of fascism may lie in the widespread disconnect between humans and animals that first appears in the West in the later nineteenth/early twentieth century.
moNOtheist
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June 18, 2018
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Is this addressed to the preachy vegans? Lol
Also, does he know what his words are written on when producing his books? Lol
Piece2YourPuzzle
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June 16, 2018
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So true! Humans have become so detached from our environment. The new "forest bathing" practice is gaining popularity for this very reason; to reconnect with nature to improve wellbeing.
Untamedshrew
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June 16, 2018
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All this touchy-feely nature loving stuff is giving me a woody.. 
Silver1wun
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June 16, 2018
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I couldn't agree more with this article. We are a part of nature and we have lost that connection.
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