How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to the powers that be, 'No, I will not. This is wrong, and I don't care if you fire me, shoot me, pass me over for promotion, or call my mother, I will not participate in this unsavory activity.' Wouldn't world history be rewritten if just a few people had actually acted like individual free agents rather than mindless lemmings?

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Joel Salatin was a contemporary American farmer, lecturer, and author. Joel F. Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
  • Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality

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