People do not choose a government that will bring the market within their control; instead, the market in every way conditions governments to bring the people within its control.
Zygmunt BaumanThe more security we have, the less freedom there is; more freedom means less security. You can hardly enough of both at the same time.
Zygmunt BaumanIf Christ would have left Christian ethics codified on the table, then he wouldn't produce moral beings choosing between good and evil, but conformists fulfilling orders. I think the same can be said about the Bible.
Zygmunt BaumanHuman attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory. And if they do satisfy, the price of this satisfaction has often been found to be unacceptable.
Zygmunt Bauman