20-nothing, messy and spontaneous. i live my life as i wish
March 26th
10:16 PM
"We are forced to live as if we were free"
—  John Gray (quoted by Slavoj Zizek on First as Tragedies then as Farce)
10:08 PM
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beingbornisgoingblind:

Charity is the humanitarian mask hiding the face of economic exploitation. — Slavoj Zizek

beingbornisgoingblind:

Charity is the humanitarian mask hiding the face of economic exploitation. — Slavoj Zizek

9:40 PM
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Noam Chomsky Quotes: Noam Chomsky on intellectual property

noam-chomsky:

That’s a very interesting question. It has an interesting history. The World Trade Organization, the Uruguay round that set up the World Trade Organization imposed, it’s called a “free trade agreement”. It’s in fact a highly protectionist agreement. The US is strongly opposed to free trade, just…

February 17th
12:28 PM
"sometimes, the repetition in the guise of a farce can be more terrifying than the original tragedy."
—  Herbert Marcuse (quoted by Slavoj Zizek on First as Tragedies then as Farce)
12:25 PM
"the paradox is that the members of this global class “dine privately, shop privately, view art privately, everything is private, private, private"
—  Slavoj Zizek on First as Tragedies then as Farce
January 11th
3:03 PM
"Kierkegaard deployed his idea that we humans cannot ever be sure that we believe: ultimately, we only “believe that we believe"
—  
Kierkegaard (quoted by Slavoj Zizek on “First as Tragedies then as Tragedies”)
1:43 PM
"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great events and characters of world history occur, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce"
—  Karl Marx, “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte:’ in Surveys From Exile, edited and introduced by David Pernbach (quoted by Slavoj Zizek on “First as Tragedies, then as Farce”)
August 20th
4:48 PM
"RAPBN Menteri Agama lebih besar dari Menteri Kesehatan. Artinya makin banyak orang masuk surga dan makin banyak yg masuk rumah sakit."
August 6th
9:39 AM
"‘“aku” dan “kamu” adalah modus kebersamaan yg tak lepas dari perbedaan, menjadikan satu menyangkali eksistensi/kedirian kita sendiri."
—  @tommyfawuy
July 23rd
7:11 PM
"Anggota DPR memberi nama dirinya sendiri: “wakil rakyat”. Tetapi yang dia maksud: “atas nama rakyat, saya berkuasa!” Berkuasa terhadap siapa? Sangat aneh bila jawabannya: “terhadap rakyat”. Hukum identitas akan menertawakan logika itu: pesuruh menyuruh penyuruh? Ajaib!"
—  Rocky Gerung — Rahim Laki-Laki
7:10 PM
"Tuhan pun kita beri nama, supaya kita dapat memperalatnya. Memperalat artinya kita menguasainya. Bila kita berseru “atas nama-Nya”, kita memperalat-Nya, untuk apa saja yang kita maui. Terutama, merasa berhak mengkafirkan orang lain"
—  Rocky Gerung — Rahim Laki-Laki
July 20th
11:07 PM
"Ia akan bertindak dengan bebas jika ia tahu tentang apa yang diinginkan, dipikirkan dan dirasakan. Tapi masalahnya ialah bahwa ia tidak tahu, dan karenan itu ia akan menyesuaikan diri dengan penguasa-penguasa yang tidak dikenal dan ia akan mengiyakan hal-hal yang tidak disetujuinya."
—  Erich Fromm — Escape from Freedom