« The idea of a lack of an alternative to the status quo is more incongruous than ever at a time like ours, when extraordinary technologies exist to improve the human condition. It is true that the way to create a reliable, free and human post-capitalist order is still unclear, and that this very notion has something utopian. But with every historical progress, from the abolition of slavery to decolonization, the idea that it was "impossible" had to be overcome, since it had never been done before. And, as Chomsky points out, it is to organized political activism that we owe the democratic rights and freedoms we enjoy today - universal suffrage, civil rights, women's rights, trade unions... Even if a post-capitalist society still seems unattainable, we know that political activity can make the world in which we live more humane. By gradually getting closer to this goal, perhaps we will once again be able to think about building a political economy based on cooperation, equality, autonomy and individual freedom. »

« What remains of democracy must now be seen as the right to choose between goods. Business leaders have long stressed the need to impose on the general public a "philosophy of futility" and a "life without objective" in order to "focus on superficial things, and in particular on what is fashionable". Overwhelmed from an early age by such propaganda, people might be able to accept a submissive and meaningless existence, and forget the ridiculous idea of taking charge of their own affairs. »

« As Biko said, the fantastic success of the oppressors has been to instill their arguments in such a way that they constitute the point of view from which one looks at the world. This is sometimes done very consciously, as in the communications industry. Other times, it's a kind of routine, the way we live. »