I think pushing the ideas is important. I wouldn't say it's more important than action. You can't really separate the two.
John ZerzanRepublicans don't want to shrink government. They want more and more military, more and more surveillance. They'd like to have the government banning gay marriage and so forth.
John ZerzanIf we once and for so long lived in balance with nature and each other, we should be able to do so again. The catastrophe that's overtaking us has deep roots, but our previous state of natural anarchy reaches much further into our shared history .
John ZerzanIf we once, and for so long, lived in balance with nature and each other, we should be able to do so again.
John ZerzanI don't think it could be a coincidence that the more technological a society is, the less it connects people.
John ZerzanNever before have people been so infantalized, made so dependant on the machine for everything; as the earth rapidly approaches its extinction due to technology, our souls are shrunk and flattened by its pervasive rule. Any sense of wholeness and freedom can only return by the undoing of the massive division of labour at the heart of technological progress. This is the liberatory project in all its depth.
John Zerzan