“The weaving of mankind into one community does not imply the creation of a homogeneous community, but rather the reverse; the welcome and adequate utilization of distinctive quality in an atmosphere of understanding… Communities all to one pattern, like boxes of toy soldiers, are things of the past, rather than of the future.”
The Outline of History (1920)
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Robert Nozick book Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Source: Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974), Ch. 10 : A Framework for Utopia; Design Devices and Filter Devices, p. 316
Context: Some communities will be abandoned, others will struggle along, others will split, others will flourish, gain members, and be duplicated elsewhere. Each community must win and hold the voluntary adherence of its members. No pattern is imposed on everyone, and the result will be one pattern if and only if everyone voluntarily chooses to live in accordance with that pattern of community.
Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic
New Year's Address to the Nation (1990)
Dani Rodrik (1957) Turkish Economist
Will China Rule the World? http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rodrik39
“I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki book Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
Source: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 291 (2 February 1712).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Letter to Harold Adam Innis (14 March 1951), published in Essential McLuhan (1995), edited by Eric McLuhan and Frank Zingrone, p. 73
1950s
“The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.”
Paulo Freire book Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Source: Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970)