On The Laying of Hands (On the Heart of Economic Life)
"The terror Morozov felt is the same terror Kira had felt in the Petrograd train station when she witnessed Morozov condemning a desperate old woman to Soviet police. Except there’s one big difference: Kira was selfish – she wanted to live as people were meant to live. Instead of pounding sand in a society of zeroes, Kira wanted to turn it into cement and glass, or maybe silicon wafers some day. Morozov’s looting evades reality because it produces nothing. No self-esteem is selflessness."
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- 4Posted by $ mshupe 2 years, 11 months ago“You know more about it than I do, more than millions of young fools do, that watch us from all over the world with worshiping eyes. We had fools who thought in their doomed hearts that we made it for all those downtrodden ones who suffer on this earth. But you and me, Comrade Morozov, we have a secret.”Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink|
- 1Posted by amhunt 2 years, 11 months agoA secret born of envy.Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink|
- 1Posted by $ mshupe 2 years, 11 months agoGreat point. Morozov's secret (and Victor, Pavel, etc.) was the Soviet's NEP was a protection racket. They had to loot the producers because they couldn't create wealth on their own. Envy. Thanks for pointing out this connection.Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink|
- 1Posted by amhunt 2 years, 11 months agoIt has been many years since I read "We the Living". Your post jogged some memories. I will be reading it again soon. Thank you.Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink|
- 1Posted by $ mshupe 2 years, 11 months agoThat's great to hear, thanks! This article is one of a series titled Reliving We the Living, and they will be compiled into an ebook. Part I is already available at centerforindividualism.org.Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink|
- 1Posted by amhunt 2 years, 11 months agoThanks for the link. I have book marked it and look forward to exploring the site.Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink|
- 1Posted by $ mshupe 2 years, 11 months agoGreat, its economics oriented. Austrian and other pro capitalism writers that are curated by the site's creator.Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink|
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