É o trabalho forçado que constrói as ruas, drena os pântanos e ergue colunas no lamaçal. Dezenas de milhares de servos e detentos são forçados a trabalhar naquela vastidão de terras. Vão e cavam fundações no lodo, muitos morrem. Cem mil
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“The Machine is Intellect mastering the drudgery of the earth that the plastic art may live; that the margin of leisure and strength by which man’s life upon earth can be made beautiful, may immeasurably widen; its function ultimately to emancipate human expression!”
― Art and Craft of the Machine
― Art and Craft of the Machine
“People themselves would grind one another down and tear one another to pieces, and the best would fall dead in the struggle while the worst would turn into animals.”
― The Return and Other Stories
― The Return and Other Stories
“There is among us a tendency to consider true, good and fine everything that appears under the agreeable cloak of revolt against the accepted “truths”, especially if supported by people who are, or call themselves, anarchists. This shows a deficiency of that spirit of investigation and criticism that should be maximally developed in anarchists.”
― Democracy is a lie: thoughts and notes on Anarchism.: Foreword by Peter LInka
― Democracy is a lie: thoughts and notes on Anarchism.: Foreword by Peter LInka
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