"The reasons behind how and why people develop differing perceptions of violence and the reasons for it are complex and deeply embedded in social and cultural constructions of gender, power relationships, and the ways masculinity and feminity are conceptualized, sustained, and enforced by social norms."

     Heidi Lary Kar & Claudia Garcia-Moreno

"Economic growth in the organisation of international society around the goals of efficient capital mobility and the profit margin its controllers seek are inherently anti-ecological. Any way it is looked at, the extraction of raw materials for the manufacturing of goods -- the demand for which in many cases has been artificially created-- does not lead to an ecologically sound existence."

     Dr Lee-Anne Broadhead

"Economic growth is far from a universal positive in its dynamics. Economists tend to ignore its fundamentally problematic nature, forgetting that market-based economic growth is first and foremost a function of human and habitat exploitation."

     Peter Joseph

"The way society morally justifies unnecessary human suffering due to... inequality imposes some of the most profound existential questions about what it means to coexist."

     Peter Joseph

"Not only does structural violence kill more people than all the behavioural violence put together, structural violence is also the main cause of behavioural violence."

     Dr James Gilligan

"The belief in a competitive society preys on our natural gravitation toward group inclusion, exacerbating our divisive propensity to seek "in" and "out" groups, ultimately setting the stage for bigotry"

     Peter Joseph.

[Thoughts on social Darwinism and current affairs] 

“The very foundation of market theory and practice reinforces a social view that makes any notion of equality or abundance almost inconceivable and the gravitation toward dominance and explotation virtually inevitable”

     Peter Joseph

"When it comes to secular mythology, there is perhaps no better case study than the nation-state and its tribal politics. Loyalty to a country, its people, and its methods, and shared opposition to its decreed enemies, is facilitated by a catalogue of symbols, stories, ceremonies, revisionist history, and other elements that serve the interests of social cohesion and status quo support. If you've ever had that looming feeling of being brainwashed when singing your country's national anthem or pledging allegiance as a child, you are familiar with such ceremonial reinforcement reminiscent of religion itself."

Excerpt from THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT [Reinventing the Economy to End Opression] by Peter Joseph

[Thoughts on Nationalism and Religion]

"The materially obsessed consumer behaviour we see today is really less about a given item's purpose and more about what that item means in terms of societal bonding. In effect, mere wants have been artificially turned into emotionally demanded needs by the drive for social inclusion. While many economists have argued that this insatiable desire is simply part of our shared human nature, it appears this tendency is only human nature in the sense of a shared social reflex, not some uncontrollable compulsion for material gain."

Excerpt from THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT [Reinventing the Economy to End Opression] by Peter Joseph

[Thoughts on socially driven consumerism]