Ian Svenonius famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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If your moon sign is in Leo, you have a lot of empathy for Leos. You empathize with their approach and their aims and their aura.
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I don't like the triumphalism of the American narrative, this kind of "chosen people" complex that American people have, so it's inspiring to see people snub their noses at the American empire and succeed.
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Cool thing about Fidel Castro is that the CIA and the mafia - which are both terrible organizations that tried to murder him again and again - haven't succeeded.
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We live in a unipolar world at this point with America as a moral arbiter and the whole morality is based on this insane corporatocracy.
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A lot of people come to America all the time for economic opportunities. This country is this huge work farm and you can make a lot of money here.
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If a Cuban refugee is escaping, we're saying they're a political refugee, but why isn't a Haitian refugee a political refugee? They're escaping the capitalism and degradation of economic imperialism. We don't call them political refugees; we call them unfortunate people.
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What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we have no art culture, and we've long considered politics nebbish-y and hopelessly unsexy. So a lot of what would be considered political activism is channeled into cultural work.
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There's no real nationalism in this county. If you're poor in America, that's a criminal offense. You're not only a criminal for being poor, but you're also stupid and deficient. We don't have this national feeling of fraternity. We live in an individualist state where everyone hates everyone else, except your immediate family. We live in a mafia state.
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When a capitalist looks at the river, all they can think about is, "How can I pollute this river and destroy it and make money from it?"
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Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.
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