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		Nevermark 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silence Is a Commons by Ivan Illich (1983) Illich seems to have been an interesting thinker. He also seems to prompt many interesting book review comments. I have now found my mission! > The thing is, Illich is more like Plato than Marx. Nobody ever tried to mount a Platonic revolution. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2LL7H3HL0WENO/re...

aspenmayer 6 months ago | [–]

Non-referral link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2LL7H3HL0WENO/

Nevermark 6 months ago | | [–]

Thanks. Didn't know just grabbing a link defaulted to a referral program.

antonvs 6 months ago | [–]

A Platonic revolution would be the ideal Form of a revolution that all other revolutions are merely shadows of.

Nevermark 6 months ago | [–]

Yes, and more grounded in friendly, as apposed to romantic notions, of the world.

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