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As for ourselves, Marx represents for us, at best, a doctrine; far more often just a name that one hurls at the head of an opponent to pulverize him; almost never a method.
Simone Weil • Oppression and Liberty
Tel est le résultat de la propagande incessante faite depuis tant d’années par tout ce qui dans le monde se trouve intéressé à la formation en série d’une humanité docile, de plus en plus docile, à mesure que l’organisation économique, les concurrences et les guerres exigent une réglementation plus minutieuse. Ce que vos ancêtres appelaient des
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John Stuart Mill held that government oppression is generally less burdensome than the tyranny of friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens.
Timur Kuran • Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
Recentrant son propos sur le politique, il s’agit de démontrer que la meilleure organisation publique est celle qui laisse à chacun la liberté de croire, de penser et de s’exprimer.
Frédéric Lenoir • Le miracle Spinoza : Une philosophie pour éclairer notre vie (Documents) (French Edition)
The first comprehensive statement of the liberal philosophy is to be found in Locke, the most influential though by no means the most profound of modern philosophers.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Radical monopoly imposes compulsory consumption and thereby restricts personal autonomy. It constitutes a special kind of social control because it is enforced by means of the imposed consumption of a standard product that only large institutions can provide.
Ivan Illich • Tools for Conviviality
In 1843, a young Marx described security—what he called “the concept of police”—as the “supreme concept” of bourgeois society. Fearful of those they have dispossessed, ruling elites have long utilized state violence to safeguard private assets, criminalizing both poverty and protest in the process.
Astra Taylor • Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions
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Charles Reich • The Greening of America
But in spite of the shortcomings of his analysis, Marx had raised some basic questions. I was deeply concerned from my early teen days about the gulf between superfluous wealth and abject poverty, and my reading of Marx made me ever more conscious of this gulf. Although modern American capitalism had greatly reduced the gap through social reforms,
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