“Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.”
— Raoul Vaneigem
Author: Raoul Vaneigem
Category: knowledge
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We can escape the commonplace only by
“We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.”
— Raoul Vaneigem
Author: Raoul Vaneigem
Category: dreams
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People who talk about revolution and class
“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.”
— Raoul Vaneigem
Author: Raoul Vaneigem
Category: positive
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In the kingdom of consumption the citizen
“In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.”
— Raoul Vaneigem
Author: Raoul Vaneigem
Category: equality
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The same people who are murdered slowly
“The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.”
— Raoul Vaneigem
Author: Raoul Vaneigem
Category: poetry
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