[lbo-talk] Anarchists get authoritarian!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Mar 29 13:10:54 PST 2005


chuck at mutualaid.org wrote:


> > "A revolutionary career does not lead to banquets and
> > honorary titles, interesting research and professorial
> > wages. It leads to misery, disgrace, ingratitude,
> > prison and a voyage into the unknown, illuminated by
> > only an almost superhuman belief." - Max Horkheimer
>
> How fucking true this morning and on most days.

I think this is a favorite quote of a certain computer programmer who works at Columbia University and lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The revolutionary life evidently can take other forms, hold other consequences, than these.

Doug



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