“In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in the ancient world these were privileges that belonged to any slave.”
― Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws
― Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws
“You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.”
― The Abolition of Work and Other Essays
― The Abolition of Work and Other Essays
“I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.”
― Brodie's Report
― Brodie's Report
“The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.”
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
“Anarchism is the revolutionary idea that no one is more qualified than you are to decide what your life will be.”
― Days of War, Nights of Love: Crimethink For Beginners
― Days of War, Nights of Love: Crimethink For Beginners
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