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07-02-2018 07:46 |
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Originally Posted by raven
(Post 2669473)
I hope it is just you that can compare Camus to Katie Hopkins! Wtf. Ha.
I tried to quote ata but the quote within the quote got lost..! It's from The Rebel which I found his hardest to get into (The Plague is my favourite - fantastic) but that aside sure the quote is surely just a reference to how rebellion can soon be corrupted, power corrupts and the right and just reasons behind the rebellion can get lost once the oppressor is defeated I guess the 'great fear' during the French Revolution would be an example. Or the atrocities in the name of communism
He was an incredibly humane writer and one for whom the end certainly did not justify any means whatever in order to get there even if for the supposed greater good. Life is absurd essentially but he gives you hope when trying to work your way through it. Comparing his words to the Daily Mail.....absurd indeed:)
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Aye, I know it's a bit twisted. Still, obvs not being around in his time or before, dunno what's changed. Think there's definitely a strong inclination for people to kinda conflate the roles of victim and perpetrator though. Maybe there's nowt new about it, I dunno. Maybe when the slave trade was abolished, people were saying to ex-slaves "bloody hell, you'll be wanting rights next".
Read The Plague ages ago but never read The Rebel. Aye, sensible way of looking at it but don't think my way of looking at it is particularly farfetched though, especially today. Maybe there were equivalents to things like "do-gooder" and "virtue signaller" being used as derogatory terms back in the day, maybe people were as keen to regard victims with suspicion and make excuses for perpetrators as they are now. Who knows..
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