Albert Camus. Always. https://t.co/4p1FZl6Dz6
As for its symbolic functions of initiation, the contemporary “democratic” state is bankrupt.
Alain Badiou • The True Life
Orwell laid out his thoughts on how politically corrupting shoddy language could be in his famous 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language”: Modern English . . . is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, a
... See moreDr. Frank Luntz • Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
The public craves meaning and identity. From its perspective, late modern society, including government, exists to frustrate this desire.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The upshot is that the State is almost always about the betrayal of political hope.