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“Humanity is so caught up in a frantic race for a so-called ‘happiness’—a well-being made up of enjoyment, performance, brilliance—that all vulnerability is considered to be an intolerable, unthinkable menace. This is a vision of humanity
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“Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.”
― The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
― The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
“Peace means far more than the opposite of war.”
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“Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house”
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“I found myself remembering the day in kindergarten when the teachers showed us Dumbo, and I realized for the first time that all the kids in the class, even the bullies, rooted for Dumbo, against Dumbo's tormentors. Invariably they laughed and cheered, both when Dumbo succeeded and when bad things happened to his enemies. But they're you, I thought to myself. How did they not know? They didn't know. It was astounding, an astounding truth. Everyone thought they were Dumbo.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
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