“Democracy is a form of the state, it represents, on the one hand, the organized, systematic use of force against persons; but, on the other hand, it signifies the formal recognition of equality of citizens, the equal right of all to determine the structure of, and to administer, the state.” PersonsStatesUseHandsFormForceDemocracyCitizensEqualStructureDetermineRecognitionOrganizedFormalSystematicUse Of Force Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Coupled with Usury, Unrestricted Competition destroys the small man for the profit of the great and in so doing produces that mass of economically unfree citizens whose very political freedom comes in question because it has no foundation in any economic freedom, that is, any useful proportion of property to support it. Political freedom without economic freedom is almost worthless, and it is because the modern proletariat has the one kind of freedom without the other that its rebellion is now threatening the very structure of the modern world.” MenWorldKindWisdomPoliticalSupportEconomicModernProduceCitizensMassFoundationStructureCompetitionPropertyProfitProportionRebellionThreateningWorthlessModern WorldProletariatEconomic FreedomPolitical FreedomSmall ManUsuryUnfree Author:Hilaire Belloc
“We're not taught to think in terms of needs. We don't make nice dead people when we're in touch with needs. Domination structures cannot maintain themselves when citizens are educated to be alive.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTermNiceAliveTaughtCommunicationCitizensStructureEducatedDominationNonviolent CommunicationDead People Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“The belief, not only of the socialist but of those so-called liberals who are diligently preparing the way for them is that by due skill an ill working humanity may be framed into well-working initiations. It is delusion. The defective natures of citizens will show themselves in bad acting of whatever social structure they are arranged into. There is no political alchemy by which you can get golden conduct out of laden instincts.” WayWellsMayShowsPoliticalHumanityBeliefSocialActingCitizensSkillsStructureInstinctIllDuesGoldenDelusionSocialistPreparingAlchemyFramedInitiationDefectiveSocial StructureBad Acting Author:Herbert Spencer
“Artists and celebrities are citizens, and as such you have a responsibility to keep fighting for justice because there are monolithic power structures and systemic oppression out there.” ArtistFightingJusticeResponsibilityCitizensStructureOppression Author:Emily Saliers
“I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get us [citizens] from one side to the other, and it has the country's best interests at heart. Not the people's.” PeopleHeartCountryRunningPoliticalSidesInterestCitizensStructureBoatPolitical SystemsBest Interests At Heart Author:Erykah Badu
“Naturally, grown-up citizens are concerned about the beatniks and delinquents. ... The question is why the grownups do not, more soberly, draw the same conclusions as the youth. Or, since no doubt many people are quite clear about the connection that the structure of society that has becoming increasingly dominant in our country is disastrous to the growth of excellence and manliness, why don't more people speak up and say so?” PeopleCountrySpeakGrowthClearDoubtYouthBecomingCitizensDrawsConcernedConnectionsStructureExcellenceConclusionOur CountryNo DoubtDominantGrownupsManlinessDelinquentsBeatnik Author:Paul Goodman
“Obviously, our political system is profoundly corrupted by, among other things, the influence of money. But, at a deeper level, the current structure is flawed because it looks to citizens for only two things - votes and money. I don't think we will see any healing until citizens are viewed in a whole new way.” ThinkingWayLooksTwoWholePoliticalLevelsHealingInfluenceCitizensVoteStructureCurrentsDeeperTwo ThingsNew WaysFlawedPolitical Systems Author:Marianne Williamson
“My assessment of Julian Assange is a professional one, really, of what he's managed to achieve, and the idea that he came up with, which set the world alight and continues to inspire others like Snowden [NSA leaker Edward Snowden], about the secret goings-on that are done in our name with our tax dollars on behalf of big business or politics. He launched the revolutionary idea that citizens can start to claim back a paradigm for questioning power structures and those in authority through an anonymous, whistle-blowing website.” WorldIdeasDoneBigsNamesSecretAchieveInspireCitizensTaxesAuthorityClaimsStructureDollarsRevolutionaryQuestioningBehalfWebsiteParadigmAssessmentNsaBig BusinessInspire OthersSnowdenTax DollarsRevolutionary IdeasAssange Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our constitutional structure. And I think if we did that, then the will of the people would not be overturned.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldGivenPrinciplesCitizensEqualVoteStructure Author:Lawrence Lessig
“And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.” IfsNeedsWishPartyReadyProductsCitizensSpeechOrdinaryConcernedStructureDemocraticDemocratCommittedMortalsDelusionBetraySuperiority1960sDemocratic PartyFreedom Of ThoughtPopulistMarie Author:Camille Paglia