'...The anarchist tinkers with his bombs in saloons, while the hacker arms his programs at his computer, but both need the society they deplore and target for destruction - which is their raison d'etre.
The hermit stays off to one side in polite refusal, like a guest who, with a simple gesture, declines the profferred dish. If society disappeared, the hermit would go on living as a hermit. Those in revolt against society, however, would find themselves technically out of work. The hermit does not oppose, but espouses a way of life. He seeks not to denounce a lie, but to find a truth...'
from The Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson (April 17)
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