Eva

“We have also failed to grasp the fact that understanding requires action. If we are not politically active or reactive, then the act of understanding turns into only the expression and exchange of emotional responses.”
― Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship

“Every regime, without exception, starts building it's ideal citizen by tampering with its women. It takes a whole generation to create a new man, but redesigning women, so they believe, is an overnight job.”
― Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship

“Whatever the answer is, it ought to be clear to all of us that it does not include the luxury of not taking action, namely political action. our concept of Joy should be redefined to understand the collective action does not only make for a better world, but a fulfilled individual.”
― Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship

“our eagerness to understand people's desire to be slaves has had us glued to our smartphones and computer screens seeking answers, and the process has become so time consuming and so fulfilling that we have felt as if things are not actually happening to us.”
― Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship