– In what way are you a communist – since we need to define this: someone who is convinced that a totally different form of organization of communal life would be good for the human race, –

– Isn’t that equally true of monarchists and leaders of sects?

– ...with a focus on justice.

– but the people should behave differently, right?

– They should be totally different.

– Are you not simply a misanthropist?

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– No, because there are people that I like, very much even. And I understand all the less why most people feel compelled to be so nasty.

– Most people don’t seem to be quite as bothered by this as you are.

– Oh really? In my perception, most people are pretty bothered by anything that is different than themselves. That is why we need rules that define how to behave toward people we can’t stand.

– You have just been suffering in a...

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I said “Would you like a rope? You know that haul you have is not secured properly.”
“No,” he said, “but I see you have string!”
“If this comes into motion—” I said, “you should use a rope.”
“Any poison ivy on that? ” he asked me, and I told him my rope had been in the barn peacefully for years.
He took a length of it to the bedside table. He had no concept for what wood could endure.
“Table must have broken when I lashed it onto the truck,” he said.
And, when he was moving the sewing machine, he let the cast iron wheels—bang, bang on the stair.
I had settled down to pack up the flamingo cookie jar, the cutlery, and the cookware, but stopped briefly, for how many times do you catch sudden sight of something heartfelt?
I saw our milk cows in their slow...

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Die Allgegenwart der Kritik, ihre Dominanz in Gestalt von Themen, in Gestalt von Verhaltensweisen und Bekenntnissen, ist ein erstes Anzeichen für die Abwesenheit kritischen Denkens.

In akademischen Kreisen dominiert gegenwärtig eine regelrechte Inventarisierung und Archivierung der Kritik, eine fleißige Verwaltung des kritischen Hausrats. Hier begegnet man allerlei Relevanzprüfern und Erbschaftsverwaltern, die das Brauchbare vom Unbrauchbaren trennen und die Familienzugehörigkeiten überwachen. Kritik erstarrt, weil sie in ihren Händen oft nicht mehr ist, als der beliebige Gegenstand eines enzyklopädischen Interesses. Dieses leidenschaftslose Interesse, das von keinem Impuls geleitet, von keinem Affekt getrieben wird, kennt nichts Liebens- oder Hassenswertes. Auf der anderen Seite drängen sich vermeintliche Gegenspieler in den Vordergrund, die meinen, die Kritik als ein rein evaluatives und optimierendes Unternehmen entlarven zu können. Hier sind es nicht Aktualitätsbescheiniger und Treuhandwächter, mit denen man es zu tun bekommt, sondern juvenile Rebellen und halbstarke Aufschneider. Sie verkünden mit antiakademischen Volten, die doch mitten in der...

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I am not a very balanced person. I am fragile and sad – almost as described in Triste Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss. I feel both those adjectives, I grew up with them. I was aware of my fragility even when I was very young – a baby, learning to walk, living somewhere in Africa and already feeling that the number of white persons was very small compared to the number of black persons and also noticing that most of the black persons that I met were gardeners or maids. I felt – I am sure I am not lying – even at that very young age, not a sense of injustice, but a sort of guilt.

Guilt for what? My parents were nice people, they treated everyone well. My father was avidly learning languages, he spoke many African languages and also Pidgin English very well and he used to speak it...

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