M: Writings '67–'72

“Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.”

FreedomComedyEmptiness

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“I haven't been to a movie for three months of Sundays. I gather from what Carolyn reports that Hollywood now produces false entertainment: unmitigated violence on the screen; snickering, laughter in the audience.”

AttitudeViolenceHollywoodEntertainmentMoviesFilmsHollywood Culture

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Veblen called it the price-system. Mills called it the Power Elite. It's probably no more than ninety-nine people who don't know what they are doing. They're involved in high finance. Fascinating form of gambling.”

CapitalismEconomicsFinancial MarketsOne Percent1 PercentFinance HumorPower ElitePrice System

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Remove God from the world of ideas. Remove government, politics from society. Keep sex, humor, utilities. Let private property go.”

HumorGovernmentReligionPoliticsSexSocietyPrivate PropertyUtilities

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Dad's oil dehydrator was a contained electrostatic field, one electrode down the center, the other the container's inner wall. Principal problem was finding a dielectric to separate the two. Refuse oil poured in came out as oil of the highest grade, dry chemicals, and drinking water. Petroleum Rectifying Company successfully prohibited its use.”

RecyclingPetroleumTechnological ProgressPetroleum IndustryPetroleum Politics

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Technological errors made by government, industry [DDT, ABM, SST, CIA, etc.] are those of children, who, even thought they don't know what the score is, go on playing pre-technological games of power and profit.”

PowerIndustryErrorsGovernment CorruptionTechnological Evolution

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Put 'em who threaten possessions and power together with 'em who offend our tastes in sex and dope. Those who're touched, put 'em in asylums. Pack off old ones to 'senior communities,' nursing homes. Our children? Keep'em prisoner, baby-sitter as warden. School? Good for fifteen to twenty years. Army afterward. Liberated, we live in prison. No this, no that. Kill us before we die!”

ArmySocial JusticePrisonSocial CommentaryCultural DifferencesSenior CitizenCultural RevolutionElder Care

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Clothes I wear for mushroom hunting are rarely sent to the cleaner. They constitute a collection of odors I produce and gather while rambling in the woods. I notice not only dogs (cats, too) are delighted (they love to smell me).”

MushroomsDogs And CatsHunting And Gathering

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Corporate Responsibility; Environmental Preservation; Consumer Protection; Sex & Race Discrimination (they must mean Sex and Race Liberation).”

SexRaceEqualityDiscriminationLiberationEnvironmental ConservationCorporate EthicsConsumer Protection

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Computer mistake in grade-giving resulted in academic failure of several brilliant students. After some years the mistake was discovered. Letter was sent to each student inviting him to resume his studies. Each replied he was getting along very well without education.”

CollegeMistakesEducation System

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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“Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow.”

EnergySleepEnergy Of The UniverseSleep DeprivationEnergy Medicine

Book:M: Writings '67–'72

Source: M: Writings '67–'72

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