“In situations of sparse resources along with degraded self-images and depoliticized sensibilities, one avenue for poor people is in existential rebellion and anarchic expression. The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.”

—  Cornel West

"The Role of Law in Progressive Politics" in Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America (1993)

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