“When every one is to cultivate himself into man, condemning a man to machine-like labor amounts to the same thing as slavery. If a factory-worker must tire himself to death twelve hours and more, he is cut off from becoming man. Every labor is to have the intent that the man be satisfied.... His labor is nothing taken by itself, has no object in itself, is nothing complete in itself; he labors only into another's hands, and is used (exploited) by this other.” IfsMenHandsUsedHoursTakenCuttingObjectsHe ManAmountBecomingLaborMachinesSlaveryWorkersSatisfiedFactoriesTwelveTireCondemningFactory Workers Author:Max Stirner
“You cannot afford a world with slavery, which literally takes someone and turns them into a machine.” WorldTurnsMachinesSlavery Author:Andrew Forrest
“I get out of all of these things that many of these candidates would rather take legislation to build a time machine and go back in time to where, uh, we had, you know, no women voting, slavery was cool. I mean, it's just kind of ridiculous.” KnowsKindMeanMachinesSlaveryRidiculousCandidatesVotingLegislationBack In TimeTime MachineGo Back In Time Author:Thomas Roberts
“Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.” BeautifulPowerMachinesSlaveryHatedHideous Author:Bertrand Russell
“What art seeks to disturb is monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.” MenArtLevelsTypeHabitMachinesSlaveryTyrannyCustomsReductionMonotony Book:The Soul of Man under Socialism Source: The Soul of Man under Socialism
“The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.” WorldHumansFactsDependsCivilizationMachinesSlaverySlaveInsecureDemoralizing Author:Oscar Wilde
“At first glance, the rhythm may be confused with gaiety, but when you look more closely at the mechanism of social life and the painful slavery of both men and machines, you see that it is nothing but a kind of typical, empty anguish that makes even crime and gangs forgivable means of escape.” MenFirstsLooksKindMayMeanSocialCrimeEmptyMachinesSlaveryPainfulRhythmConfusedMechanismTypicalGlancesAnguishGangSocial LifeGaiety Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. It seeks to show new perspectives and other choices. It is a way to help expand and liberate the consciousness; our experiences, understandings, imaginings, options and thereby our lives.” MenWayArtHelpingShowsLyingValuesChoicesForceUnderstandingLevelsConsciousnessOur LivesPerspectiveTypeHabitArt IsMachinesSlaveryTyrannyCustomsIndividualismImmenseDisturbingReductionMonotonyNew Perspective Author:Oscar Wilde
“Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! [...] You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.” PeopleBeautifulFightingLibertyWonderfulAdventureMachinesSlaveryThis LifePower Of Speech Author:Charlie Chaplin