January 2012
361 posts
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully
as when they do it from religious conviction.” —Blaise Pascal
as when they do it from religious conviction.” —Blaise Pascal
“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”
— Hunter S. Thompson in The Proud Highway
“Today’s environmentalism is an adjunct to hypercapitalism: the catalytic converter on the silver SUV of the global economy. It is an engineering challenge: a problem-solving device for people to whom the sight of a wild Pennine hilltop on a clear winter day brings not feelings of transcendence but thoughts about the wasted potential for renewable energy. It is about saving civilization from the results of its own actions - a desperate attempt to prevent Gaia from hiccupping and wiping out our coffee shops and broadband connections.”
—Paul Kingsnorth
kad budu gorjeli gradovi: Capitalism Is The Crisis (2011) →
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Capitalism Is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity examines the ideological roots of the “austerity” agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. The film features original interviews with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen, Michael Hardt, Peter Gelderloos,…
