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“What we will criticize 'modern' eroticism for is its lack of genuine sensuality, a sensuality which implies beauty or charm, passion or modesty, power over the object of desire, and fulfilment.”
― Critique of Everyday Life, Volume 1
― Critique of Everyday Life, Volume 1
“under any circumstances sociability is the greatest advantage in the struggle for life.”
― Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
― Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
“I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as the time they are taking time off from work is being spent with friends and family, enjoying and caring for those they love, they’re probably improving the world more than we acknowledge.”
― Debt: The First 5,000 Years
― Debt: The First 5,000 Years
“For every subtle and complicated question, there is a perfectly simple and straightforward answer, which is wrong. —”
― Debt: The First 5,000 Years
― Debt: The First 5,000 Years
“Capital demands that we always look busy, even if there's no work to do. If neoliberalism's magical voluntarism is to be believed, there are always opportunities to be chased or created; any time not spent hustling and hassling is time wasted. The whole city is forced into a gigantic simulation of activity, a fanaticism of productivism in which nothing much is actually produced, an economy made out of hot air and bland delirium.”
― Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
― Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
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