Logo
Quote by Raoul Vaneigem
In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic mo

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. – Raoul Vaneigem

Other quotes by Raoul Vaneigem

People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth. – Raoul Vaneigem

Category:
positive
Author
Raoul Vaneigem
Read Quote

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity. – Raoul Vaneigem

Category:
Dreams
Author
Raoul Vaneigem
Read Quote

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. – Raoul Vaneigem

Category:
Poetry
Author
Raoul Vaneigem
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Equality
category

A friend to everybody and to nobody is the same thing. – Proverb

Category:
Equality

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. – Geoff Hoon

Category:
Equality

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. – Mary McCarthy

Category:
Equality

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. – Mikhail Bakunin

Category:
Equality

Random Quotes

I did get to keep the wedding dresses from Runaway Bride. Theyre all boxed up in my garage. Ive never opened them. Itll be fun one day when Hazel is taller. She can play dress-up with her friends. – Julia Roberts

Category:
wedding

Im possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot. – Daniel Radcliffe

Category:
Death

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. – Andrew Carnegie

Category:
work

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. – Baltasar Gracian

Category:
Hope