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“To get up in the morning, in the fullness of youth, and open a book--now that’s what I call vicious!”
― Ecce Homo
― Ecce Homo
“what matter it if a man gaineth the whole world and loseth his own soul?”
― An American Tragedy
― An American Tragedy
“He is cured by faith who is sick of fate.”
― Finnegans Wake
― Finnegans Wake
“I fail to remember ever having made an effort — no trace of struggle is detectable in my life, I am the opposite of a heroic nature. To “want” something, to “strive” for something, to have an “end,” a “desire” in mind — I know none of this from my experience. Even at this moment I look out upon my future — a broad future! — as upon a smooth sea: no desire ripples upon it.
Not in the least do I want anything to be different from what it is; I myself do not want to be any different ... But thus I have always lived.”
― Ecce Homo
Not in the least do I want anything to be different from what it is; I myself do not want to be any different ... But thus I have always lived.”
― Ecce Homo
“Neoliberalism makes citizens into consumers. The freedom of the citizen yields to the passivity of the consumer. As consumers, today’s voters have no real interest in politics –in actively shaping the community. They possess neither the will nor the ability to participate in communal, political action. They react only passively to politics: grumbling and complaining, as consumers do about a commodity or service they do not like. Politicians and parties follow this logic of consumption too. They have to ‘deliver’. In the process, they become nothing more than suppliers; their task is to satisfy voters who are consumers or customers.”
― Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
― Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
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