The tractor and tank (Steinbeck)
March 16th, 2007 | Published in Agriculture, Economics, History, Morality, Quotes, Technology
This tractor does two things—it turns the land and turns us off the land. There is little difference between this tractor and a tank. The people are driven, intimidated, hurt by both. We must think about this.
–John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), 151