Capitalism Is A Purely Cultic Religion, Perhaps

Mechanical Reproduction Emancipates The Work Of Art From Its Parasitical Dependence On Ritual.

There Was The Pedestrian Who Wedged Himself Into The Crowd, But There Was Also The Flneur Who Demanded Elbow Room And Was Unwilling To Forego The Life Of The Gentleman Of Leisure. His Leisurely Appearance As A Personality Is His Protest Against The Division Of Labour Which Makes People Into Specialists. It Was Also His Protest Against Their Industriousness. Around 1840 It Was Briefly Fashionable To Take Turtles For A Walk In The Arcades. The Flneurs Liked To Have The Turtles Set The Pace For Them.

You Follow The Same Paths Of Thought As Before. Only, They Appear Strewn With Roses.

Only For The Sake Of The Hopeless Ones Have We Been Given Hope.

To Articulate The Past Historically Does Not Mean To Recognize It "the Way It Really Was"...it Means To Seize Hold Of A Memory As It Flashes Up At A Moment Of Danger.