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

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