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"In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain; if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed. I would not want my death avenged. Especially by government - which can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill."

At the last, even trees ache in their sap for pleasure.

I wish this was more accessible, Greenfield writes like he's trying to outwit his reader rather than give them important information that he wants them to understand.

The anti-antiracist abolitionist chapter is really good, I appreciate how she always brings it back to class. no one goes uncritiqued and I think that's important

An important fact for anyone who uses technology - especially cameras in and around the home; the easier a device is to set up (ie you push the button and connect it to wifi) the easier that device is to have.

in truth, and to state the obvious, nothing renders me killable. Before I threw the rock, they stole my land. Before I picked up the rifle, they shot my loved ones. Before I made the makeshift rocket, they put me in a cage. What I read cannot be used as a pretext to kill me, even if filled my library with books written by psychopaths, interchangeably stacking copies of Mein Kampf and Hillary Clinton's Hard Choices.

It's incredible how the author is able to use humor still. "mein kampf" and "Hard choices" by Hillary Clinton

"networked digital information technology has become the dominant mode through which we experience the everyday."

more like poetry than I thought it would

If you can read and write, you can read and write about your liberation.

shows the malicious, true evil that America was built on