Joxe Azurmendi, Demokratak eta biolentoak, (1997), p. 101.
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In the mean time, what is the point of repeating the old tale as to what the state is becoming? Once the sour critical analysis of sometime ago (Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man), the dark negative utopias (Aldous Huxley, George Orwell) and the protest cries (May 68) are forgotten, and with a near lack of the slightest sense of resistance in civil society, the cobweb of power spins peacefully over our heads, all over the place. Even the dressing room.

— Joxe Azurmendi on State

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In the mean time, what is the point of repeating the old tale as to what the state is becoming? Once the sour critical analysis of sometime ago (Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man), the dark negative utopias (Aldous Huxley, George Orwell) and the protest cries (May 68) are forgotten, and with a near lack of the slightest sense of resistance in civil society, the cobweb of power spins peacefully over our heads, all over the place. Even the dressing room." in the context of "Joxe Azurmendi, Demokratak eta biolentoak, (1997), p. 101." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joxe Azurmendi

About Joxe Azurmendi

Joxe Azurmendi (19 March 1941 – 1 July 2025) was a Basque writer, philosopher, essayist and poet.