New Cities/New Soviets

May 24, 2003

Our Banner

And it shall be emblazened on our banner:
FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEED.

Trust Molly to always remind me of the important words. We were having a discussion about bodies and their development. We had talked over many specifics, including our preference for Tai Chi over Yoga (though we practice neither), and come to an absolute opposition between ways of regarding the body that say "this part of me is good, this part of me is bad" and ways that explore the relations of mutual support and work to strengthen them. And then she hits me upside with the ultimate one-two punch, the finest summary of communism ever offered.

FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEED.

"It implies the absolute unfolding of the individual, and the unconditional support of each and all," she says, and I love her. "And it gives you something real to think about and hold onto. What can I do? And even just to overcome learned helplessness, to find out what you need, and to know that you can get it." This is why I am a communist, this is why I love Molly.

Posted by Sam at May 24, 2003 02:38 AM

hey thats my daughter your talkin about there son

Posted by: slappy at June 4, 2003 12:58 PM

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