“Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed. Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, .. I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.” IfsNeedsYearsTwoEndsHandsNextSpeakDealsEffortWeekStageKeysSucceedRoundsCriticalAgricultureTwo WeeksPadlocks Author:Celso Amorim
“The main trouble with avant-garde art and literature, from the point of view of fascists and Stalinists, is not that they are too critical, but that they are too "innocent," that it is too difficult to inject effective propaganda, that kitsch is more pliable to this end.” ArtEndsLiteratureDifficultViewsTroubleCriticalPoint Of ViewInnocentPropagandaFascistsAvant GardeKitschAvant Garde Art Book:Art and Culture: Critical Essays Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays
“The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingKindEndsProblemSpiritualBitsModelsCriticalLibertarianWinnerOutcomesCrushSocialistCommitteesModerationUtopia Author:Jaron Lanier