“was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but was it higher than the cost over centuries in backward, underdeveloped communities, which still covered two-thirds of the earth and which still could not guarantee their populations daily bread?” LongStillsTwoEarthProcessCommunityCenturyRevolutionEvolutionHigherCostThirdsPopulationBreadKicksGuaranteesCoveredDaily Bread Author:Ella Winter
“Simply getting a country's population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking.” ThinkingCountryRevolutionPopulationCriticalOnlineTriggersCritical Thinking Book:The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom Source: The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
“I think it's just been a core part of the Cuban revolution to have a very high level of internationalism. I mean, these cases you've mentioned are cases in point, but the most extreme case was the liberation of Africa. Take the case of Angola for example, and there are real connections between Cuba and Angola-much of the Cuban population comes from Angola.” ThinkingMeanRealLevelsCasesExampleRevolutionConnectionsPopulationExtremesCoreLiberationCubaCubanHigh LevelInternationalismCuban RevolutionReal ConnectionAngola Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you're not smart enough to know what Fidel meant during the Cuban revolution, that - when they were on the Granma - Fidel was already a rock star in Cuba, and how important that was to the indigenous population, then you're not paying attention.” IfsKnowsImportantEnoughStarsAttentionRocksRevolutionSmartPopulationPay AttentionIndigenousRock StarCubaCubanCuban Revolution Author:Steven Soderbergh
“You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy.” DemocracyRevolutionPressesPopulationLiteracyPrintingIndustrial RevolutionPrinting Press Author:Howard Rheingold
“Further, an excess of legislation defeats its own ends. It makes the whole population criminals, and turns them all into police and police spies. The moral health of such a people is ruined for ever; only revolution can save it.” PeopleEndsWholeTurnsMoralRevolutionPoliceDefeatPopulationCriminalsExcessLegislationRuinedSpy Author:Aleister Crowley
“Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive. It is sold as reforming and improving the existing society's imperfections and weaknesses without imperiling its basic nature. Under these conditions, it is mostly ignored, dismissed, or tolerated by much of the citizenry and celebrated by some. Transformation is deemed innocuous, well-intentioned, and perhaps constructive but not a dangerous trespass on fundamental liberties.” WellsLibertyConditionsDangerousRevolutionWeaknessTransformationFundamentalsDemocraticPopulationImperfectionSteadyDeceivingPassiveIgnoredImprovingPersistentConstructiveDemocratic SocietyCitizenryUnsuspectingGradualism Book:Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America Source: Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America
“The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way moved by concepts related to the interests of the family or of society...Just when science and technology are making incredible advances in all fields, they resort to technology to suppress revolutions and ask the help of science to prevent population growth. In short, the peoples are not to make revolutions, and women are not to give birth. This sums up the philosophy of imperialism.” WayGivingPhilosophyHelpingProblemScienceAsksSpeakGrowthInterestTechnologyFieldsRevolutionBirthSolutionsConceptsAccountsMovedIncrediblesSimplicityPopulationRelatedImperialismResortsScience And TechnologyPopulation GrowthQuintessence Author:Fidel Castro