“The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible for things, but not for people. It is the unquestioned assumption of a mercantile culture that things need and deserve attention, but that people can take care of themselves.” PeopleNeedsChildrenCareCultureBusinessAttentionGroupsPositionCitizensDeserveResponsibleTake CareAssumptionUrgesBeing Responsible Book:The Folks at Home Source: The Folks at Home
“Only recently has part of America challenged the long-held assumption that America is a Christian nation. Most citizens do not recognize just how quickly we have moved in an anti-Christian direction.” LongChristianAmericaNationsReligiousCitizensMovedAssumptionAnti ChristianChristian Nation Author:Daniel Lapin
“There is this absurd assumption that the revitalisation of the public sphere is always a good thing. I think people tend to confuse 'civic' and 'civil,' and they believe that everything that is done by citizens is necessarily a good thing because you build a network, an association.” PeopleThinkingBelieveDoneCitizensGood ThingsAbsurdAssumptionSpheresAssociationCivics Author:Evgeny Morozov
“The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play).” ThinkingWayDoePlayPoliticalRolesFieldsCitizensIntellectualEvidenceIntelligentInstitutionsAnalysisAssumptionShakesConventionalFamiliarityFormationEvaluateHabitualMouldPolitical Will Author:Michel Foucault