August 2010
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“There is no lack of anti-capitalists today. We are even witnessing an over- load...”
– zizek (via zizekianrevolution) (via ontologicalterrorist, zizekianrevolution)
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“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of...”
– Albert Einstein in “Why Socialism” (via joshuatang) (via adamquinn)
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“Work makes a mockery of freedom. The official line is that we all have rights...”
– Bob Black (via adamquinn) (via fuckyeahradicalquotes)
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List of common misconceptions →
readmorewikipedia:
Contrary to the popular image of the Pilgrim Fathers, the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, did not dress in black, wear buckles, or wear black steeple hats.
There is no evidence that Vikings wore horns on their helmets.
Sugar does not cause hyperactivity in children.
submitted by clocktowermadness
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“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have...”
– 1984, George Orwell (via general-grievous) (via sseth1220) (via soul-surfer) (via anditsupintheair)
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“The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to...”
– Georg Simmel
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“Very high probabilities are different from certainties. Very high probabilities...”
– John Kay, on probability (via youmightfindyourself)
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“Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation....”
– Aldous Huxley, Island (via commondense)
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Commodity Knowledge
There is an extremely interesting footnote in Das Kapital (#5 in Section 1, “The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-Value and Value”), that states:
“In bourgeois societies the economic fictio juris prevails, that every one, as a buyer, possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of commodities.”
Without much thought, there is clearly much truth to this statement; in such a society,...
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“Today, of course, many people who are disengaged from prevailing allegiances...”
– C. Wright Mills, “The Sociological Imagination”, 1959 (via thekydb) (via fuckyeahsociology)
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“This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming...”
– Larry McCaffrey (via soul-surfer)
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“Currently growth has no correlation to quality of life. I am a healthy, happy 28...”
– Andres regarding Credit Card Debt Drops To Lowest Level In 8 Years (via soupsoup, tedr) (via fuckyeahradicalquotes)
Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture -... →
It is amazing how seeing old photos in colour completely transforms our perspective on the circumstances (as opposed to seeing them in classic black and white, giving the appearance of being ‘old’).
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Adam Curtis -- Let Them Eat Plastic →
Adam Curtis on modern credit/debt.
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“Systems don’t change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek...”
– Starhawk (via revolutionnow) (via fuckyeahradicalquotes)
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“…’public opinion’ is a mirage. The very phrase implies a general social will,...”
– Richard Seymour (via newleft)
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“We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. via gregenemy, ancientish. Eerie, isn’t it? How spot on he was in foreseeing what was to come. (via tobia) (via bowfolk) (via skirtonfire)
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Politics & Wrestling →
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Via The Global Sociology Blog: In Which the Media... →
Anonymous asked: if we have all of these nice things, then why are we still so unhappy?
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The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. →
commondense:
fibonaccispirals:
This is great; demonstrating (through pictures) what we think we know. This could also be good advice in the journey through life, not just for those seeking a Ph.D.
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“Capitalism can no more be ‘persuaded’ to limit growth than a human being can be...”
– Murray Bookchin (via bradicalmang) (via teslanicole) (via adamquinn)
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You have questions, so ask. →
Although I have only the appearance of answers.
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“In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original...”
– George Orwell - Preface to the Ukranian edition of Animal Farm, as published in The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell : As I please, 1943-1945 (1968) (via socialisimo) (via nikkins) (via brave-slut) (via skirtonfire)
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“There are no passengers on spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”
– Marshall McLuhan (via commondense) (via heartmindspirit)
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“Any model we make does not describe the universe, it describes what our brains...”
– Robert Anton Wilson (via Mystery School) (via bluejaysings) (via heartmindspirit) 