# Quote — Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy

> It is the indignity of being treated as disposable that pushes people towards religious fundamentalism in order to retrieve a sense of self, of meaning, of significance. This is why globalization breeds religious fundamentalism and free markets create terrorism and extremism, not democracy. (p80)

- Author: [Vandana Shiva](https://www.leafyquotes.com/vandana-shiva.md)
- Book: [Earth Democracy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/vandana-shiva/earth-democracy.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva#Earth_Democracy:_Justice,_Sustainability_and_Peace_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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## More from this book

> As Gandhi taught, freedom can be reclaimed only by refusing to cooperate with unjust, immoral laws. The fight for truth—employing the principles of civil disobedience, nonviolence, and noncooperation—is not just our right as free citizens of free societies. It is our duty as citizens of the earth. (p184)

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> Principles of Earth Democracy, #10: Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred. In the face of a world of greed, inequality, and overconsumption, Earth Democracy globalizes compassion, justice, and sustainability. (p. 11)

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> Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence. (p116)

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