“I am not [...] asserting that humans are either genial or aggressive by inborn biological necessity. Obviously, both kindness and violence lie within the bounds of our nature because we perpetrate both, in spades. I only advance a structural claim that social stability rules nearly all the time and must be based on an overwhelmingly predominant (but tragically ignored) frequency of genial acts, and that geniality is therefore our usual and preferred response nearly all the time. [...] [T]he center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days.” HumansLyingSocialKindnessViolenceHuman NatureThousandTenOrdinaryClaimsResponseBoundsStabilityAggressiveUsualRootedIgnoredFrequencyActs Of KindnessSpadesGeniality Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Without the principle of private property there would be no reason for government, which is necessary solely for the purpose of keeping the disinherited within bounds in their quarrels or in their rebellions against those who hold the social wealth” ReasonGovernmentWould BePurposeSocialWealthPrinciplesPropertyBoundsNo ReasonRebellionQuarrelsPrivate Property Author:Ricardo Flores Magon
“The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud. Marx showed the moving powers and the conflicts in the social-historical process. Freud aimed at the critical uncovering of the inner conflicts. Both worked for the liberation of man, even though Marx's concept was more comprehensive and less time-bound than Freud's.” MenTwoMovingSocialProcessTheoryConflictConceptsHistoricalBoundsCriticalLiberationReachingPhasesComprehensiveInner ConflictUncoveringCritical Theory Book:The art of being Source: The art of being
“Women of a selected class, by the use of slaves and servants have become inactive, the mere recipients of values, no longer creators but "feeding on unearned wealth." This hurts their nature and debases the social fabric. If a woman does no labor in her home which could properly make her self-supporting outside that home she is in duty bound to do something outside her home to justify her claim to support.” IfsDoeSelfUseHomeValuesSocialHurtWealthClassSupportDutyLaborClaimsSlaveMereBoundsCreatorServantJustifyFabricFeedingSelected Book:Woman's Share in Social Culture Source: Woman's Share in Social Culture