Quote by Arianna Stassinopoulos

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises. It has the therapeutic quality of providing emotionally charged rituals of solidarity in hatred -- it is the amphetamine of its believers.

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology tha

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This quote suggests that the idea of liberation is continuously changing and unattainable. It argues that liberation, although promising freedom, fails to deliver on its commitments. Instead, it provides a therapeutic effect by uniting individuals through shared feelings of hatred. The quote compares this effect to the stimulant drug amphetamine, implying that liberation serves as a temporary high for its followers. Overall, it criticizes liberation as an ideology that does not provide real and lasting solutions.

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