It is curiosity that drives the explorer deeper into the abyss, where her wisdom is expanded once she sees what dwells there.”
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
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“We face a deep moral crisis, which we might also describe as a 'crisis of community.' Alongside increasing economic stratification and the continuation of an adaptive racism, a 'morality' of individualism has grown more and more severe. With this deadly combination, we have been losing the spirit that's needed to hold any community or any nation together: a sense of responsibility for each other. In the long term no community can survive when greed and irresponsibility are incentivized instead of reined in. This crisis point to a decision we have to make as a society: Do we want to live in a nation that is defined by inclusionary, solidaristic community values, or one that is defined by the moralistically bankrupt values of Wall Street and the bigoted, exclusionary "solidarity" of reactionaries?”
― Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals
― Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
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