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Abbiamo venduto l'anima al sistema

E tuttavia, per avere queste cose, per viverle e aderirvi pienamente, come dei moderni Faust, abbiamo dovuto vendere l’anima al diavolo, cioè abbiamo dovuto aderire a un sistema che se da un lato ci dà questo ben di Dio, dall’altro ci ha chiesto in consegna il passaporto esistenziale. Dalla nostra esistenza così configurata non possiamo espatriare, perché siamo legati mani e piedi a tutto ciò. Non possiamo dire «rivoglio il mio passaporto», perché il mostro ci farà segno di «Circolare! Non avete tempo da perdere. Tornate ai vostri posti!». Un’altra sua caratteristica è dunque che non consente mezze misure, non accetta un’adesione ridotta al suo sistema, non patteggia, non negozia. O tutto (cioè d’accordo sui princìpi, inseriti nel sistema, competitivi, forti, sani, in crescita), o niente (dunque fuori dal sistema, senza paracaduti sociali, senza benefit, senza pensione, senza stipendio, senza giocattoli, senza biglietto da visita).

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#capitalism #freedom #soul #work

9/11 and the end of middle-class society

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The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #politics #democracy #capitalism #power #freedom

Poverty had become psychological

By the middle of the decade so many young people were dropping out that it looked as though “youth” was becoming a social class in its own right, one about to…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #counterculture #capitalism #work #anxiety #revolution

Europe has only one political party

And from the kaleidoscope of contributions, a crude but effective analysis not only of the invasion of the Middle East, but of the political situation of…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #politics #democracy #capitalism #power

Feminists dealt capitalism the body blow

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The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #capitalism #revolution #identity #psychotherapy #counterculture

Toynbee's two proletariats

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The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #history #capitalism #violence #revolution

A small religious fanatic

‘So go on, tell me. What’s he like, that little kid?’ ‘Well, I think he’s some kind of religious fanatic,’ I confided, smiling, as I looked over my shoulder…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #fanatics #soul #prayer