A far more accurate account of the past year is that an openly proto-fascist cult leader has emerged to forge a popular movement that has taken over one of the major political parties, eroded central norms of democratic life, undermined American democratic institutions, and now stands on the brink of seizing power in Washington.

Note that one sign of cultural collapse is the widespread inability to distinguish mental health from mental illness.

I wear the same outfit everyday to facilitate speedy identification should I ever be in a boating accident.

Good to know that, to the American public, the most qualified woman is still not as good as the least qualified man.

regarding USA 2016 elections

Anti-semitism is the socialism of fools.

German saying from 1890

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.

Njegov predlog rešenja za Srbiju izgleda neprimereno skromno u poređenju sa razmerama problema pred kojima se srpsko društvo našlo. Otvaranje javnog prostora, smatrao je Popović, treba da omogući artikulaciju različitih mišljenja i pogleda na svet. Ta artikulacija vodiće ka diferencijaciji homogenog “naroda” na društvene grupe koje će se formirati oko svojih specifičnih interesa. To će dalje dovesti do diferencijacije unutar poličke arene, gde ćemo konačno dobiti predstavnike pojedinih grupa, a ne više čitavog “naroda”. U konkurenciji različitih ideja i programa biće lakše pronaći prave odgovore na izazove razvoja i transformacije koji stoje pred Srbijom. Normativni okvir za te političke sukobe, koji su iznad svega poželjni, sastoji se od onoga što je Popović uporno isticao kao vladavinu prava i razlikovao od pravne države. Da bi se taj normativni okvir uspostavio, Srbija na kraju mora priznati istinu o zločinima iz devedesetih i prihvatiti odgovornost za njih. I to je drugo rešenje, druga tačka od koje se mora poći. Otuda toliko govora o zločinima iz devedesetih. Otvaranje javnog prostora i uspostavljanje normativnog okvira za odgovorno ponašanje u njemu – za to se zalagao Srđa Popović. Reklo bi se da je to premalo, ali već dve i po decenije se ispostavlja da je to za Srbiju previše.

Beskompromisni patriotizam Srđe Popovića

Ništa se nije dogodilo u svetu dok se nije prvo dogodilo u glavama.

Demokratski izborni procesi, u odsustvu demokratske kulture i jake srednje klase, neizbežno doprinose jačanju nedemokratskih snaga.

Jugoslavija je bila velika, ali smo mi bili mali.

Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

If you are a writer for a specific nation or a specific race, then fuck you.

Each, according to his own inclination follows his own purpose, often in opposition to others; yet each individual and people, as if following some guiding thread, go toward a natural but to each of them unknown goal; all work toward furthering it, even if they would set little store by it if they did know it.

When we look closely, we find that many of the assumptions of modern society are based on shared illusions.

Unless the worker's share of GDP reverses its downward trend, and capital's share peaks, then populists worldwide will reject establishment parties in almost every future election.

Before it was called slack we just called it IRC with a webinterface. Re-inventing and centralising the wheel, a recipe for great success.

Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

I'm always amazed that progressive young millennials will picket a grocery chain for not buying fair-trade coffee but will go home and do drugs that are brought to them by the killers, torturers, and sadists of the cartels.

Economics is notorious for its ability/attempts to seem like hard science when, in reality, it's far closer to a social science.