Against Civilization

“Spirituality represents the specialization and detachment of profundity from everyday life into a disembodied, disconnected, symbolic realm that becomes compensatory for an everyday life whose immanence is banality.”

“We must develop ... a social reality based upon sharing of profound experiences as primary exchange rather than the exchange of money or etiquette.”

“At no point of its long and torturous execution did the Holocaust come in conflict with the principles of rationality. The 'Final Solution' did not clash at any stage with the rational pursuit of efficient, optimal goal-implementation. ... It was generated by bureaucracy true to its form and purpose.”

“Being civilized, as well, signifies sacrificing your life, and those of others, when those in power attempt to solve their management problems with wars.”