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“I think if anybody is making a movie about your life something pretty incredible had to happen.”

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Miles Teller, born on February 20, 1987 in Austin, Texas, is an American actor. He gained widespread acclaim for his performance in the film 'Life of Pi', and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film 'The Spectacular Now'. more

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“Over the last two or so decades, there's been an increase in thinking among the Left, liberals, intellectuals in the direction of so-called spontaneity. In other words that uprisings happen spontaneously, people are frustrated, angry, then they spontaneously rise up. And what they don't require is preparation, or what we used to call leadership.”

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“Leadership is another word for preparation.”

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“In times when the tempo for struggle is not very high, you prepare populations by conducting acts of courage-building, confidence-building, respect for each other. That's what the preparation is about and it requires leadership.”

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“I consider this a kind of neoliberalism of the Left, this rise and promotion of spontaneity above preparation.”

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“I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.”

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“There are several studies done of peasant uprisings where the first chapter might be 'conditions in that area' and so the conditions are bad, and then the second chapter is a kind of conjectural event, somebody's shot and then there's an uprising. But there's no consideration, no chapter on preparation.”

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“Interestingly, if you write preparation out of history, leadership and preparation, the building of confidence among people who are exploited, you've actually methodologically written out the Communists because, when an uprising takes place, you don't necessarily see red flags everywhere.”

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“You see all kinds of anarchic forms of rebellion, but the moment of preparation is when the Communists and other kinds of political forces play a roll.”

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“To be a Communist or to be somebody who believes in the future is a curious thing. So you have to live with people around you, you have to be with the people.”

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