تأملات في أسباب الحرية والقمع الاجتماعي

#### What freedom do we have left when living and working conditions drag us into slavery? * “The history of humanity is nothing other than the history of subjugation, which reduces men, both oppressor and oppressed, into mere tools of the instruments of domination of their own making, and thus reduces living humanity to mere matter for inanimate objects.” - Simone Weil Simone Weil believes that political action, and even revolutionary action, must be viewed as systematic and rational action - which in her view is a form of action - where one must strive as much as possible to prevent irrational tendencies and violence from taking off. A true revolution is a hymn to life, a way to respect humanity by addressing exploitation, oppression and injustice wherever they exist. If the goal of the revolution becomes independent in itself, that is, if the revolution becomes an end in itself and ceases to be a means of improving human life, then it loses its meaning. (From the introduction by Cristina Basile) Translated by Iñigo Sánchez Baños and Elena M. They were Simone Weil