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Those who hold power like simple, clear demands. Demands give them an opportunity to look principled and dignified while they press on with their madcap schemes. Demands take the elite seriously, they confer authority; the power to say yes is, after all, also the power to say no. To call on the occupations to issue demands to government is to call for a return to the ordinary dynamics of protest, in which established power is the focus.

Dan Hind (via jhnbrssndn)

Hippy nonsense of the week.

If we all just mill about being nice to each other, then capitalism is bound to pack up and go home…

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Thing is, I don’t see anybody ready to start lobbing Molotov cocktails just yet. Of course, things may be different up North.

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