"Every political revolution must be preceded by a revolution of consciousness, one that gives death back to life. The revolution must create an awareness of the fact that life is only truly alive when there is an exchange with death."

From 'Capitalism and the Death Drive', Byung-Chul Han

"Violence is closely connected to the awareness of death, which is exclusively human. The economy of violence is ruled by a logic of accumulation. The more violence you exert, the more powerful you feel. Accumulated killing power produces a feeling of growth, force, power - of invulnerability and immortality. The narcissistic enjoyment human beings take in sadistic violence is based on just this increase in power. Killing protects against death.”

From 'Capitalism and the Death Drive', Byung-Chul Han

"What troubles me is not that the opinions of Christians change, nor that their opinions are shaped by the problems of the times; on the contrary, that is good. What troubles me is that Christians conform to the trend of the moment without introducing into it anything specifically Christian. Their convictions are determined by their social milieu, not by faith in the revelation; they lack the uniqueness which ought to be the expression of that faith. Thus theologies become mechanical exercises that justify the positions adopted, and justify them on grounds that are absolutely not Christian."

Violence, Jacques Ellul

"At its worst, 'corporate multiculturalism' is an attitude that patronizes imported diversity while ignoring its own backyard.”

Mike Davis talking about how a city (LA) can invest major capital into becoming a cultural epicentre while also defunding arts programming that might benefit people who actually live there.

"If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor."

St Basil on saving your money.