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“the theory of Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.”
― The Communist Manifesto
― The Communist Manifesto
“I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
― Ubik
― Ubik
“Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Dar-
winism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb
permanently on the fast-forward button.”
― Neuromancer
winism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb
permanently on the fast-forward button.”
― Neuromancer
“If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it.”
― A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
― A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
“Spinoza says that if a stone which has been projected through the air, had consciousness, it would believe that it was moving of its own free will. I add this only, that the stone would be right. The impulse given it is for the stone what the motive is for me, and what in the case of the stone appears as cohesion, gravitation, rigidity, is in its inner nature the same as that which I recognise in myself as will, and what the stone also, if knowledge were given to it, would recognise as will.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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