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“Among those who have everything, I have never seen a family go to the seashore just to celebrate a political decision, because for them politics changes almost nothing. This is something I realized when I went to live in Paris, far away from you: the ruling class may complain about a left-wing government, they may complain about a right-wing government, but no government ever ruins their digestion, no government ever breaks their backs, no government ever inspires a trip to the beach. Politics never changes their lives, at least not much. What’s strange, too, is that they’re the ones who engage in politics, though it has almost no effect on their lives. For the ruling class, in general, politics is a question of aesthetics: a way of seeing themselves, of seeing the world, of constructing a personality. For us it was life or death.”
― Qui a tué mon père
― Qui a tué mon père
“A podobně jako není nijak zarážející, že "spolupracují" orgány v lidském těle (nemusíme se obávat, že ledviny budou chtít přechytračit srdce a už mu nevrátí krev, kterou jim důvěřivě poslalo), možná není ani nic divného na tom, že jednotliví lidé spolupracují v rámci "superorganismu" lidského společenství.”
― Člověk v zrcadle teorie her
― Člověk v zrcadle teorie her
“There is more than one way to not give a fuck, after all.”
― Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands
― Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands
“For the ruling class, in general, politics is a question of aesthetics: a way of seeing themselves, of seeing the world, of constructing a personality. For us it was life or death.”
― Qui a tué mon père
― Qui a tué mon père
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