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“A chorus of voices exhorts kids to study science. No one stops to ask whether it is inhumane to force adolescents to spend the bulk of their time studying subjects most of them hate. When skilled workers are put out of a job by technical advances and have to undergo “retraining,” no one asks whether it is humiliating for them to be pushed around in this way. It is simply taken for granted that everyone must bow to technical necessity, and for good reason: If human needs were put before technical necessity there would be economic problems, unemployment, shortages or worse. The concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.”
― Industrial Society and Its Future
― Industrial Society and Its Future
“The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values.”
― Industrial Society and Its Future
― Industrial Society and Its Future
“You can’t assume everything’s okay inside the house just because the paint isn’t peeling and the yard is neatly mowed.”
― When I'm Gone
― When I'm Gone
“A lie can outlast any truth.”
― The Lying Game
― The Lying Game
“Τώρα όλα βγήκανε στη φόρα. Δεν υπάρχει ιδιωτική ζωή. Ένα μάτι βλέπει, ένα αφτί ακούει και η διαφήμιση διαλαλεί. Έτσι τρώνε, έτσι δουλεύουνε, έτσι ερωτεύονται, έτσι κλέβουνε, έτσι αγαπούνε, έτσι σκοτώνουν και σκοτώνονται. Χιλιάδες μικροί και μεγάλοι διαρρήκτες με σύγχρονα εργαλεία παραβιάζουνε καρδιές, εγκέφαλους, οικογενειακά κι επαγγελματικά άσυλα. Γέμισε σπιούνους η ζωή!”
― Κατεδαφιζόμεθα
― Κατεδαφιζόμεθα
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