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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald VOWS Vengance: ENGLAND 'WILL BE SORRY' [View all]Babel_17
(5,400 posts)The personal, as everyones so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft-. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide from under it with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it personal. Do as much damage as you can. Get your message across. That way, you stand a better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference - the only difference in their eyes - between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that its just business, its politics, its the way of the world, its a tough life and that its nothing personal. Well, fuck them. Make it personal.
― Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon
http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2095852-altered-carbon
An interesting way of looking at things, it's a bit wordier than "Revenge is a dish best served cold" but it's more a call to arms than advice as an aside. I'm not suggesting this reflects GG's attitude/world view but I do think it worth weighing given the contempt the 1% and their employees have been showing the rest of us.
Lest we forget, GG has reason to think he is a target.