“Capital is an abstract parasite, an insatiable vampire and zombie maker; but the living flesh it converts into dead labor is ours, and the zombies it makes are us.”
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
“It's not really giving up our freedom to be close with people. Because freedom only exists in relation to other people.”
― The Barrow Will Send What it May
― The Barrow Will Send What it May
“The pandemic of mental anguish that afflicts our time cannot be properly understood, or healed, if viewed as a private problem suffered by damaged individuals.”
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
“I’ll never figure out if I’m supposed to let worry get the best of me,” she said. “Because I don’t want to fall off a cliff but I don’t want to risk never looking over the edge.”
― A Country of Ghosts
― A Country of Ghosts
“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
― The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
― The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
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