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> Men have a right to be crazy, stupid, and arrogant. It's our special thing. Our mistake is to arm anybody with collective power. Anarchy is the only safe polity.
#PaulGoodman on #CollectivePower #FreedomAndAutonomy
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> ... dignity is not a specifically human prejudice, as he[B.F. Skinner] thinks, but the ordinary bearing of any animal, angrily defended when organic integrity or won space is insulted.
#GoodmanOnDignity #AnimalDignity
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> Men in authority are especially likely to be stupid because they are out of touch with concrete finite experience and instead keep interfering with other people's initiative making them stupid and anxious[too].
#MenInAuthority
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> It is a common misconception that anarchists believe that "human nature is good" and so men can be trusted to rule themselves. In fact we tend to take the pessimistic view; people are not to be trusted, so prevent the concentration of power.
#ConcentrationOfPower #中央集権
#HumanNatureIsGood #PessimisticView by #PaulGoodman in #DecentralizingPower book #FreedomAndAutonomy