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"Under capitalism, the rate of growth is the rate at which nature and human lives are being commodified and roped into circuits of accumulation. That we have come to rely on this as our primary indicator of progress reveals the extent to which we have come to see the world from the perspective of capital rather than from the perspective of life." — 22 hours, 58 min ago
"Under capitalism, the rate of growth is the rate at which nature and human lives are being commodified and roped into circuits of accumulation. That we have come to rely on this as our primary indicator of progress reveals the extent to which we have come to see the world from the perspective of capital rather than from the perspective of life." — 22 hours, 58 min ago
“All the time we were growing up," Frank said, "you wanted to run away and join the carnival?"
"Yes, and there I was with all o' you, right in the carnival, and didn't even know it." And he hoped he'd always be able to recall the way she laughed then.”
― Against the Day
"Yes, and there I was with all o' you, right in the carnival, and didn't even know it." And he hoped he'd always be able to recall the way she laughed then.”
― Against the Day
“Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it?”
― Against the Day
― Against the Day
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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