“The men who are to protect the community against violent aggression easily turn into the most dangerous aggressors. They transgress their mandate. They misuse their power for the oppression of those whom they were expected to defend against oppression. The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.” MenProblemPoliticalTurnsCommunityLibertyStruggleDangerousHe ManBecomingProtectPoliceExpectedViolentOppressionAggressionMandatesMisuseAggressorsPolice Power Book:The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method Source: The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method
“Freed from the sublimated form which was the very token of its irreconcilable dreams - a form which is the style, the language in which the story is told - sexuality turns into a vehicle for the bestsellers of oppression. ... This society turns everything it touches into a potential source of progress and of exploitation, of drudgery and satisfaction, of freedom and of oppression. Sexuality is no exception.” StoriesDreamFormTurnsLanguageProgressStyleSourceSatisfactionSexualityOppressionExceptionVehicleExploitationTokensThis SocietyDrudgery Author:Herbert Marcuse
“Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.” TurnsOppressionTarget Author:Tim Wise