Sign in with Facebook
“Our standard of living is not declining because of migrants but because of unregulated neoliberal capitalism, which has allowed corporations and the rich to avoid paying taxes or decent wages. It is a system that must be changed.”
― The End of Policing
― The End of Policing
“And what’s wrong with buying and selling?”
... “Nothing. In its place, nothing at all. A simple and necessary thing. But only a small thing in a man’s life - not his whole existence - not an end in itself - not a way of life or a source of one’s beliefs. And this is what it has become. A tragic joke, to make a religion of it... This is spiritual death. Where is there room here for what is good and beautiful, for time to re-formulate the eternal questions, for study of man’s conduct? A savage who worships a tree lives a richer life.”
― Under the Ribs of Death
... “Nothing. In its place, nothing at all. A simple and necessary thing. But only a small thing in a man’s life - not his whole existence - not an end in itself - not a way of life or a source of one’s beliefs. And this is what it has become. A tragic joke, to make a religion of it... This is spiritual death. Where is there room here for what is good and beautiful, for time to re-formulate the eternal questions, for study of man’s conduct? A savage who worships a tree lives a richer life.”
― Under the Ribs of Death
“Meaning lies in the confrontation of contradiction - the coincidencia apositorum. That’s what we really feel, not these rational schemes that are constantly beating us over the head with the “thou shalts” and “thou should”, but rather a recovery of the real ambiguity of being and an ability to see ourselves as at once powerful and weak, noble and ignoble, future-oriented, past-facing.”
―
―
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
―
―
“Oprah is one of the new prophets of capital precisely because she connects an individualistic self-help ethos with the logic of capital, in which the individual, as an obedient neoliberal agent, takes an active role in her own exploitation, meanwhile pretending as though these activities are perfectly attuned with her inner desire – as an expression of her own quest for authenticity.
But there is an interesting paradox at play here: while asked to turn the gaze inwards and discover one’s inner resources, the neoliberal agent is also asked to look outwards for places to sell and promote their resources. Living in the age of capital, we have infinite possibilities hidden inside us insofar as there are infinite possibilities of making them valuable by turning them into commodities.”
― The Happiness Fantasy
But there is an interesting paradox at play here: while asked to turn the gaze inwards and discover one’s inner resources, the neoliberal agent is also asked to look outwards for places to sell and promote their resources. Living in the age of capital, we have infinite possibilities hidden inside us insofar as there are infinite possibilities of making them valuable by turning them into commodities.”
― The Happiness Fantasy
Jo’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jo’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
22 books
|
9 friends
5 books
|
57 friends
0 books
|
24 friends
20 books
|
10 friends
1 book
|
16 friends
45 books
|
20 friends
51 books
|
19 friends
188 books
|
27 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jo
Lists liked by Jo
