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“Polska rośnie na traumie jak pieczarka na gnoju. To podstawa naszej tożsamości: rodząc się w kraju nad Wisłą, automatycznie wyrażasz zgodę na użycie twego mózgu do odbioru i przesyłania traumy, bez niej Polak nie byłby sobą (...) Większość naszej tradycji na wszelki wypadek opiera się więc na przywoływaniu i odtwarzaniu traum, a największe święto narodowe odbywa się w połowie listopada, w zacinającej mżawce, błocie i desperacji. Czy w takich warunkach można być normalnym?”

“Centuries of social conditioning has created a generational fear among women of being perceived as masculine.This is where all the shaming and labels come into play, which perpetuate the oppression of girls and women. As a society we shame girls with deep voices or masculine features and we shame boys with soft voices or effeminate gestures. Girls get called "too manly" and boys get called "too girly". The only solution I can think of is to be unashamedly "you". If that means challenging stereotypes and gender norms, go right ahead!”

“As a whole, and at times, the efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, as always concentrating it on a single enemy. The more uniformly the fighting will of a people is put into action, the greater will be the magnetic force of the movement and the more powerful the impetus of the blow. It is part of the genius of a leader to make adversaries of different fields appear as always belonging to one category only, because to weak and unstable characters, the knowledge that there are various enemies will lead only too easily to incipient doubts as to their own cause. As soon as the wavering masses find themselves confronted with too many enemies, objectivity at once steps in, and the question is raised whether actually all the others are wrong and their own nation or their own movement alone is right. Also, with this comes the first paralysis of their own strength. Therefore, a number of essentially different enemies must always be regarded as one in such a way that in the opinion of the mass of one‘s own adherents the war is being waged against one enemy alone. This strengthens the belief in one‘s own cause and increases one‘s bitterness against the attacker.”