Zitat des Tages über Unterdrücker / Oppressor:
The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
I think the most difficult thing that has had to happen in South Africa for the previously disadvantaged communities is they had to reconcile that the oppressor has been enriched and the establishment is now making five or 10 times more profit than they were during the time the economic embargo was on them.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online communication that rests on a stubborn refusal to admit its downside.
Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society.
You can't build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
