"Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest also, tangentially, makes the point of her new book: yes, we're living through a political revolution, but it's not the one you think. It's not the fast-paced hurtle towards fascist necropolitics we wake up to every day, atrocities constantly exploding, always demanding our attention."
"A government can take away your rights, but no one can take away your belief in those rights. The first points of challenge to fascism are memory and history."
"I often feel like a tortoise at a mayfly party. People do not remember the past [they] often seem to live in a perpetual present."
Rebecca Solnit's new book, The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change, presents a pragmatic positivity amidst political upheaval. She highlights a slow revolution in societal attitudes since the 1950s, addressing issues like gender, race, and climate. Solnit critiques the perception of a fast-paced descent into fascism, arguing that historical memory and belief in rights are crucial in challenging authoritarianism. Her reflections suggest that while crises demand attention, the ongoing evolution of societal values is equally significant.
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