1. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse. 如果产量继续下降或逆转，那么自给自足就不能被认为是想当然的。
2. By and large, nomadism implies a high degree of self-sufficiency and inhibits the appearance of an extensive division of labor. 总的来说，游牧意味着高度的自给自足，并抑制了广泛劳动分工的出现。
3. Two sides almost never change: that you can manipulate people into self-sufficiency and that you can punish them into good citizenship. 有两方面几乎从未改变过：一是你可以操纵人们让他们自给自足，二是你可以惩罚他们使其成为好公民。
4. A move back to self-sufficiency, the argument goes, would boost the farming industry, political sovereignty and even the nation's health. 这种观点认为，回归自给自足将促进农业发展、巩固政治主权、甚至提升国民健康。
5. I'm not advocating that we stop looking for incentives to move poor people toward self-sufficiency or that we stop punishing people for criminal behavior. 我并不是主张我们停止寻找激励措施，让穷人走向自给自足，也不是说我们停止惩罚犯罪行为的人。
