Civil Resistance Quotes

“Many movements find it extremely difficult to help others imagine and create alternatives to any existing system, especially alternatives that would appeal to a broad coalition-and that becomes more difficult when the system is complex and self-reinforcing. As Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has said regarding the global economic system in particular, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”
― Erica Chenoweth, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know®

“Many movements find it extremely difficult to help others imagine and create alternatives to any existing system, especially alternatives that would appeal to a broad coalition-and that becomes more difficult when the system is complex and self-reinforcing. As Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has said regarding the global economic system in particular, 'It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”
― Erica Chenoweth, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know®