Politics Quotes

"Copyright law should serve the public good, not just corporate interests."

"We must resist the normalization of surveillance and control."

"Intellectual property restrictions are obstacles to human progress."

"A society that controls information controls thought; we must resist this."

"The real threat to national security is environmental degradation, not borders."

"We have created a world where corporations are more powerful than governments - this must change."

"Politics, at its best, is the art of bringing people together for common good."

"Politics is ultimately about power; understanding this keeps us grounded."

"The system is rigged to make you conform or be eliminated."

"Poverty and environmental degradation are two sides of the same coin."

"We live in a deeply irrational age when false facts are invented daily and what should be true is ignored."

"Society is not a naturally given thing, but a human creation."

"Power structures are written into our sacred texts"

"Politics at its best reflects the psychological health of a culture; at worst, it amplifies collective pathology."

"Capitalism makes a discourse out of semblance."

"The politics of experience is the politics of consciousness."

"Political systems fail when they forget that they exist to serve the fundamental human need for safety and recognition."

"Myths teach us that power is always ambiguous and contested."

"Power operates through language and representation."

"Power and knowledge are inseparable in human affairs."

"Power operates most effectively when it remains invisible."

"We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable and should not be counted."

"All societies are equal but some are more organized than others."

"Power dynamics in mythology often reflect and reinforce power dynamics in the society that tells the stories."

"Society against the state"

"Power must be constantly limited"

"Power dynamics in mythology reflect and reinforce social hierarchies."

"The modern world suffers from what I call the 'ideology of equality.'"

"The pursuit of pure democracy ignores the human need for structure and hierarchy."

"Nationalism is the modern substitute for the sacred bonds of traditional community."