“[T]he manifestation of the human quest in most of today's countryside—modern agribusiness—is fascistic, a totalitarian regime which allows no opposition or dissent. The land is a factory floor, to be swept clean of anything which might intrude, anything which might be an interference with the machinery that makes the money. Organic farming is a more tolerant, liberal regime. It welcomes a sprinkling of weeds and wild-flowers, and is kinder to the soil and the stock. But it's still not nature. Permaculture is a huge philosophical advance on the dominant mainstream industrial techno-culture-religion, where nature is seen as irrelevant and short-term human interests and advantages are taken for granted as 'obvious' priorities. But it's still about people. What about the destiny of all the species which play no part in permacultural design? What about stoats and weasels and mink? Permaculture shoves all these off into Zone 5. ”