Chris Trottier on Nostr: Marcel Foucault once said, "It seems to me that the current political task in a ...
Marcel Foucault once said, "It seems to me that the current political task in a society like ours is to critique the workings of institutions which appear neutral and independent, to critique and attack them in such a way that the political violence which has obscurely exercised itself through them will be unmasked so we can fight against them."
I agree with this notion. But what if the obscure exercise of these institutions lies, within itself, in the critique and attack?
After all, there's such a thing as controlled opposition.
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