#oppression

To define force — it is that x that turns anybody who is subjected to it into a thing. Exercised to the limit, it turns man

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 To define force — it is that x that turns anybody who is subjected to it into a thing. Exercised to the limit, it turns man

Mar 04,2024

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#quotes #philosophy #power #Simone Weil #oppression #force #The Iliad or The Poem of Force #objectification #alienation

Decolonization implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation. Its definition can, if we want

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 Decolonization implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation. Its definition can, if we want

Jan 31,2024

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#quotes #philosophy #colonialism #politics #reconciliation #oppression #Frantz Fanon #The Wretched of the Earth

Every time a man has brought victory to the dignity of the spirit, every time a man has said no to an attempt to enslave

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 Every time a man has brought victory to the dignity of the spirit, every time a man has said no to an attempt to enslave

Jan 10,2024

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#quotes #philosophy #humanity #ethics #judgment #oppression #solidarity #Frantz Fanon #Black Skin White Masks

Fighting for the freedom of one’s people is not the only necessity. As long as the fight goes on you must enlighten not only

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 Fighting for the freedom of one’s people is not the only necessity. As long as the fight goes on you must enlighten not only

Nov 15,2023

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#history #quotes #philosophy #learning #humanity #freedom #liberty #education #teaching #oppression #Frantz Fanon #The Wretched of the Earth

To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction, noted, registered, enrolled, taxed, stamped, measured,...

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 To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction, noted, registered, enrolled, taxed, stamped, measured,...

Nov 04,2023

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#quotes #philosophy #government #morality #justice #oppression #Pierre-Joseph Proudhon #General Idea of the Revolution #coercion

Human nature shudders, and turns pale at its presence, and flies from it as from a den of lions, a nest of scorpions, or an

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 Human nature shudders, and turns pale at its presence, and flies from it as from a den of lions, a nest of scorpions, or an

Feb 22,2023

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#quotes #philosophy #humanity #freedom #liberty #oppression #Frederick Douglass #humiliation #The Significance of Emancipation in the West Indies #slavery

If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he’ll never

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 If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he’ll never

Dec 30,2022

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#quotes #franz kafka #philosophy #knowledge #learning #ignorance #the castle #oppression

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel

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 Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel

Dec 07,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #society #poverty #politics #justice #injustice #safety #oppression #Frederick Douglass

We will not accept aid for the underdeveloped countries as “charity.” Such aid must be considered the final stage of a

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 We will not accept aid for the underdeveloped countries as “charity.” Such aid must be considered the final stage of a

Mar 09,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #colonialism #charity #oppression #Frantz Fanon #The Wretched of the Earth #reparations

Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.

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 Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.

Feb 27,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #Authority #freedom #liberty #autonomy #hierarchy #oppression #Nikolai Berdyaev #Slavery and Freedom

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

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 The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

Feb 10,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #cruelty #morality #ethics #Bertrand Russell #oppression #Sceptical Essays #conscience

All exercise of authority perverts, and submission to authority humiliates.

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 All exercise of authority perverts, and submission to authority humiliates.

Feb 02,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #power #humanity #Authority #Mikhail Bakunin #hierarchy #oppression #Michael Bakunin

This is the pure form of servitude: to exist as an instrument, as a thing.

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 This is the pure form of servitude: to exist as an instrument, as a thing.

Jan 27,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #humanity #Herbert Marcuse #One Dimensional Man #oppression #instrumentality #servitude

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

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 As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

Jan 07,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #suffering #reason #Authority #autonomy #Bertrand Russell #oppression #Unpopular Essays

The colonized can see right away if decolonization is taking place or not: The minimum demand is that the last become the first.

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 The colonized can see right away if decolonization is taking place or not: The minimum demand is that the last become the first.

Dec 08,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #colonialism #decolonization #oppression #Frantz Fanon #The Wretched of the Earth

The generally valuable tendency to conform, not to break ranks conspicuously, not to attract attention to oneself, and to

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 The generally valuable tendency to conform, not to break ranks conspicuously, not to attract attention to oneself, and to

Dec 03,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #Authority #obedience #Thomas Nagel #hierarchy #oppression #conformity #Equality and Partiality

Authority was not long inaugurated in the world, when it became the object of universal competition. Authority, Government,...

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 Authority was not long inaugurated in the world, when it became the object of universal competition. Authority, Government,...

Apr 23,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #power #politics #Authority #government #exploitation #oppression #Pierre Joseph Proudhon #state #Confessions of a Revolutionary

The history of the American kings of capital and authority is the history of repeated crimes, injustice, oppression, outrage,...

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 The history of the American kings of capital and authority is the history of repeated crimes, injustice, oppression, outrage,...

Apr 09,2021

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#history #quotes #philosophy #politics #injustice #Emma Goldman #capitalism #exploitation #oppression

At this stage, the question is no longer: how can the individual satisfy his own needs without hurting others, but rather:

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 At this stage, the question is no longer: how can the individual satisfy his own needs without hurting others, but rather:

Jan 09,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #suffering #humanity #Herbert Marcuse #needs #desires #An Essay on Liberation #exploitation #oppression