[Work not towards a theory of domination, but a theory of the vulnerability of domination.]
[The weakness of capital is that it cannot exist without labour.]
[Power-to exists in the form of power-over, doing exists in the form of labour, done exists in the form of capital, social flow exists as fragmentation, the content is dominated by the form.]
[Rulers always depend on their subjects, capital on labour.]
[Laziness can be anti-thetical to capitalist exploitation.]
[To scream is human. To go beyond is an expression of humanity.]
[It's impossible to do anything yourself - every action is made possible by an invisible collaboration between interdependant humans.]
[Screaming without being able to do anything is reducing oneself to a bee-like creature that can only reproduce.]
[The power to do something is never individual and always social, dependent on others.]
[The 'powerful men' cannot actually do anything, they command others to fulfill their wishes.]
[Capital dominates others by owning the 'done'.]
[Capital robs and the state supplies the weapons.]
[Capital breaks the collective 'we' into 'I / you / he / she / they'.]
[It's naive to think that social relations contain themselves to the state. The term globalization highlights what has always been true, that capitalist social relations have always gone beyond territorial borders.]
[Capitalism freed exploitation from national limitations by abstracting the worker through money.]
[The political party subordinates other forms of class struggle to the aim of controlling the state. In aiming to increase state control, all struggles get placed in a hierarchy. The real struggle against what we deeply refuse gets lost the moment power-building takes precedence, way before the party 'betrays' its promises. You can't build a society free of power relations by conquering power. Conquest of power embeds power relations into the struggle itself as opposed to abolishing power relations all together.]
[Both reform and revolution assume the means of state control as a vehicle of long-term social progress.]
[The stock market rises when unemployment increases.]
[The anger and rage we feel comes from a deep recognition of what is wrong with the world, but forces try to gradually distance us from this feeling: first we question ourselves, then we assume we need to learn about the problem, then in the process of academic discourse the emotion becomes more abstract and objectified, finally the transformation from 'we' to 'they' disconnects us from the feeling.]
[Writing with a 'neutral' starting point in the third person assumes the suppression of the 'we'.]
[The rejection of what is may be imprecise or flawed, but it deserves validation and serious critique, not dismissal.]
[Anti-capitalist resistance must be discordant: We who argue amongst each other, and construct the We by arguing.]
[Thinking collectively may include collective statements but it is really about the back and forth of arguing.]
[Neither right nor left, but grassroots.]
[Nobody is opposition, only misinformed, miseducated, unclear-thinking.]
[Ideology against ideologies.]
[We don't know, but let's do it together. The result is less important than the means.]
[Paradise, AKA perfection, is not the destination, not a guiding force.]
[You write your books, you scatter your seeds, without knowing if or when they will be read, and by whom.]
[Every line published today is a victory over the future's obscurity.]
[History is less a series of finalized events and more like the weather: constantly in flux, smaller forces butterflying into larger effects far away from the source. The civil rights movement created a vocabulary and toolbox for social change; the effects go beyond the original intentions.]
[In the stock market, social and environmental destruction is defined as 'profit.]
[Under NAFTA, corporations have an absolute right to profit and local laws must not interfere. Poisoning the well is allowable, stopping the free flow of poison is not.]
Perhaps we cannot be fully aware of the outcome of anything.
[History does not march forward like an army: it scuttles like a crab, erodes like the sporadic drizzle, ruptures like an earthquake.]
[Hope is necessary for action, and commits you to the future you envision: it throws you actively into what is emerging, to which you belong.]
[Preaching despair is easier and more popular than articulating the complex non-linear ways forward to progress.]
[Hope is being in love with success instead of failure.]
[Foundational change begins in the imagination, revolution doesn't always look like revolution.]
[Labeling ideas as dangerous is a sign of fragility lf the state: when activism terrorizes more than the war-mongering military.]
[When you recognize uncertainty, you recognize that you may be able to influence the outcomes, alone or with others.]
[Optimists assume everything will be without involvement, pessimists assume everything will fail despite involvement, both excuse themselves from acting.]
[We don't always know the impact of action beforehand, and sometimes even afterwards; many people have had more influence after death.]
[people may change how they think without consciously referencing the source, believing that they always thought that way, because it can be compromising to reveal that someone subscribed to oppressive ideologies from the mainstream; power comes from the shadows.]
Try to appreciate that things are in movement on a larger time frame. Focus on the process. "It's not what I want" or "It's not what I think it should be" is focused on the outcome.
If I have a side, its against extremism—of any kind: religious, political, other: there's no conversation when everybody is absolutely certain of the righteousness of their argument.
As a political ideology and as a practical matter, I loathe communism. However, I often find myself getting along very well with communists. I feel the same way about Red State America. Not my world, not always my point of view. But I always have a good time in gun country America and tend to like the people I meet. Palin sticker on your bumper or Che Guavara—if you have a sense of humor and enjoy food made with pride, chances are, we can be pals.
I don't care who done it in crime books or why they done it, I care what they're wearing, what the room smells like, what's cooking, that sort of thing. I think those things speak volumes about people. […] What they're listening to. The record collection, always very important.
[Transform from seeing everything in pairs to multiples.]
[Intellect is not a trap but a tool.]
[Openheartedness: Greeting the world with compassion and without defensiveness; opening yourself to whatever love or connection life offers you.]
[A lifelong commitment to yourself.]
[The relationship, not either of the people, is the client, and needs counsel.]
[Invent agreements for right after the breakup, for six weeks later, for six months later.]
[Put aside future tripping: will this lead to sex? Who cares? The two of you are in the moment, feeling your feet.]
[Sexiness is about how you feel, not how you look.]
[Sexually successful people masturbate.]
[Try masturbating simultaneously with your lover in the same room, it could be a turn on or a way to learn their patterns of pleasure.]
