Levi Kavan > Quotes

“Judaism produced a long line of prophets — Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah — whose words and actions shaped the Hebrew scriptures. Christianity accepted those prophets and added Jesus, whom it elevated beyond prophecy into divinity. Islam accepted all the previous prophets and added Muhammad, whom it declared”
― Levi Kavan, Iran, Israel, and the Middle East Explained: Religion, Power, and the Roots of War

“Jesus was a Jew, born in Roman-occupied Palestine, raised in the traditions of the Hebrew Bible.”
― Levi Kavan, Iran, Israel, and the Middle East Explained: Religion, Power, and the Roots of War

“The factory is born not as an inevitable response to technology, but as a particular social choice: to concentrate production, to reorganize labor around the machine rather than organizing the machine around labor, to achieve control through proximity and surveillance.”
― Levi Kavan, How To Be a Democratic Socialist: The Definitive Guide To Democratic Socialism

“For Jews, history moves toward the coming of the Messiah and the restoration of God's kingdom. For Christians, it moves toward the Second Coming of Christ and the final judgment. For Muslims, it moves toward the Day of Judgment, when all souls will answer to God.”
― Levi Kavan, Iran, Israel, and the Middle East Explained: Religion, Power, and the Roots of War