All Writers Are Propagandists.

Hope Is A Longing For A Future Condition Over Which You Have No Agency; It Means You Are Essentially Powerless.

Casey Maddox Wrote That When Philosophy Dies, Action Begins. I Would Say In Addition That When We Stop Hoping For External Assistance, When We Stop Hoping That The Awful Situation We're In Will Somehow Resolve Itself, When We Stop Hoping The Situation Will Somehow Not Get Worse, Then We Are Finally Free - Truly Free - To Honestly Start Working To Thoroughly Resolve It. I Would Say When Hope Dies, Action Begins.

Where Will You Drive Your Own Picket Stake? Where Will You Choose To Make Your Stand? Give Me A Threshold, A Specific Point At Which You Will Finally Stop Running, At Which You Will Finally Fight Back.

Civilization Is Based On A Clearly Defined And Widely Accepted Yet Often Unarticulated Hierarchy. Violence Done By Those Higher On The Hierarchy To Those Lower Is Nearly Always Invisible, That Is, Unnoticed. When It Is Noticed, It Is Fully Rationalized. Violence Done By Those Lower On The Hierarchy To Those Higher Is Unthinkable, And When It Does Occur Is Regarded With Shock, Horror, And The Fetishization Of The Victims.

I Think A Lot Of Us Are Increasingly Recognizing That The Dominant Culture Is Killing The Planet.