“Earth had always operated on a continuous-growth model that requires a poverty class. Sustainable models require productive work by all members and are quite different.”

—  Sheri S. Tepper

Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 32, “I Am Gretamara/On Mars” (p. 272)

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