“At the root of our troubles is a cultural complex whose six main elements make up a "Six-Sided Prison" that traps us all. In Part I[, ] I try to name and describe the six sides of the Prison: patriarchal attitudes, egocentricity, scientific single vision, the bureaucratic mentality, nationalism, and the big-city outlook. Capitalism and socialism are, I argue, both rooted in the Prison (which predates capitalism by hundreds of years) – though neither needs to be.”

— Mark Satin

Racism, militarism, exploitation, ecocide, etc., are also rooted in the Prison.
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New Age Politics: Healing Self and Society (1978)

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