In Montreal, Where I Taught In 1970,

For One To Be Free There Must Be At Least Two. Freedom Signifies A Social Relation, An Asymmetry Of Social Conditions: Essentially It Implies Social Difference--it Presumes And Implies The Presence Of Social Division. Some Can Be Free Only In So Far As There Is A Form Of Dependence They Can Aspire To Escape.

Some Dozens Of Years Ago, There Was A Debate Conducted Between People Insisting That "this Loaf Of Bread Must Be Redistributed," And The Others Who Said "instead Of Worrying About Redistributing It, Cutting Differently, Let's Make It Bigger." A Third Possibility Was Not Imagined: That The Loaf May Be Shrinking. But It Is Now A Genuine Possibility. It Is Even Acting Upon Already, Like In The Case Of The American Invasion Of Afghanistan And Of Iraq In Order To Secure The Supply Of Petrol For The Americans Addicted To Gas-guzzling Cars.

Marcus Aurelius Appoints Personal Character And Conscience The Ultimate Refuge Of Happiness-seekers: The Only Place Where Dreams Of Happiness, Doomed To Die Childless And Intestate Anywhere Else, Are Not Bound To Be Frustrated.

"community" Came To Be Seen As A Chat-group: You Switch On As Long As Your Pleasure Lasts, Then Push Another Button And Switch Off. Very Easy To Go In And Out, Join And Leave.

Security Without Freedom Means Slavery.