In The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer, there’s a hypothetical figure named Darren mentioned about a dozen times. Darren is a farm stand thief, a real life person whose name is unknown, so Kimmerer assigns one to give them face. The thief becomes a familiar, somewhat allegorical figure in the narrative, and the name is an interesting detail to annotate.
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TAB p 70
“Our petty thief deserves a name, so let’s call him Darren, after the CEO of ExxonMobil.”
TAB p 71
“Their behavior feels to me like the same kind of arrogant entitlement as Darren theFarm Stand thief or Darren the Planet Wrecker.”
“There are so many more of us than of the Darrens, and an asymmetry in what they recognize as power.”
TAB p 72
“Hoarding won’t save us either. It won’t even save Darren.”
TAB p 82
“Contemporary Windigos who cannibalize life for accumulation of money need their own name. Perhaps “Darren” would fit.”
TAB p 85
“It might be good for the Darrens, for the short term, but it is a dead end for others—it is an engine of extinction.”
TAB p 102
“The Darrens’ economy of extractive capitalism, of abusing the gifts of Mother Earth, is a crime against Nature.”
TAB p 103
“I’ve long believed that the ones who have more joy win. Maybe this levels the power differential between us and Darren.”
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