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61 " Do you want to prune the problem down a little," Zadie asked, "or pull it out by the roots?" "The roots, of course," Inez answered immediately. "Then we've got to tackle greed," Zadie said. "If we don't address it as a spiritual and moral failing, no amount of revolution will bring lasting change. The greed of our society must be uprooted, or we will grow into that which we despise. "
― Rivera Sun , The Dandelion Insurrection: Love and Revolution
62 " Many obstacles needed to be overcome; culturally ingrained apathy, fear of retaliation, the general ill health and drug addiction issues of the populace, the tremendous misinformation spread by the corporate propaganda machine, and the current set of repressive laws. "
63 " Violent unrest is exactly what the power elite wants. They're prepared to deal with it. They expect it. It gives them an excuse to tighten the reins and use military force. "
64 " This system has been called leaderless," Zadie said, "but I see it more as leader-full. If every person thoroughly understands the overarching strategy and is empowered to lead, then you've got innovation and organization working together effectively, creating a tremendous explosion of activity without a chain of command. "
65 " nation's water resources using the same ideas. Will found it ironic that police, soldiers, the National Guard, and private security could all be mobilized to protect the profits of corporations, but the people couldn't call upon them to protect the water or the land. "
― Rivera Sun , The Roots of Resistance: - Love and Revolution - (Dandelion Trilogy - The people will rise. Book 2)
66 " Nonviolence, create connections, use our civil liberties, and keep humanity and the planet alive . "
67 " When fear is used to control people, love is how we rebel. "
68 " Violence is the strategy of shit-ass cowards without the balls to do the real work. "
69 " You can't make me hate you," Charlie said, so quietly that only Spark Plug could hear. "You can't make me angry. And you can't stop me from feeling only love toward you. "
70 " It works. And it's the only thing that's going to work. Our fear and hatred isn't going to create a better world than the one their greed is working on right now. In a time of hate," Charlie quoted, "love is a revolutionary act. "
71 " We have to stop seeing guns and start seeing people. We've got to connect with each other, human to human. Not just in the movement, but everywhere. The police officers need to see that we're not statistics; we are as alive and worthy of life as they are," Charlie said. The mind was the first defense against tyranny. As long as the people kept playing the role of the faceless masses, they were never going to succeed. He nodded to the officer on the corner. The uniformed man gave him a startled look before quickly hiding it under a scowl. "
72 " I'm starting to understand why Spark Plug felt powerless," Charlie muttered. "These people don't care about the masses of people in poverty. They don't even know they exist. "
73 " Charlie thought of the flea-ridden couch, the bare bulb of the bike shop, and the gaunt lines in Spark Plug's face. He thought of his own dark nights when he felt the creeping hand of the government tracking him. Better men than he had cast morality aside to live in the mouth-watering world of wealth. Smarter men had seduced themselves into positions of power with half-truths and shoddy rationales. He had never been offered a chance to live in this Garden of Eden, but if he was, he suspected that the shiny red fruit of knowledge would send him tumbling away from the paradise of the wealthy. Charlie knew worried fathers who could not feed their families. He knew mothers who worked two jobs only to send their children to bed hungry. He had peeled apart the intricate layers of a socio-economic system that was riddled with rotten deals that screwed people over. He had tasted the bittersweet fruit of truth and his understanding of right and wrong barred the gate to a blissful existence in this garden. "
74 " Todd turned on the television at a low volume. "That won't give you any real news," Charlie snorted. "No," Todd agreed, "but it's always good to know what lies they're telling. "
75 " Every time we idolize the wealthy and try to become rich like them, we're perpetuating the suffering of billions. "
76 " Well, it's the same as worshipping our soldiers and glorifying the profession of murder," Zadie said passionately. "