"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
— Edward Abbey

January 1, 1970

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German: ""Wachstum um des Wachstums willen ist die Ideologie der Krebszelle." zitiert in Vera Pagin: Underground USA. Texte der alternativen Scene in Amerika. München 1987, S. 10 books.google"

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"The Second Rape of the West", p. 183

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey

"The Second Rape of the West", p. 183