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" The greatest sin of the academic left is that it has become fundamentally aristocratic, writing in bizarre jargon that makes simple matters dizzyingly complex. If you can't explain your ideal to a fairly intelligent twelve-year-old, after all, it's probably you're own fault. What we need is a narrative that speaks to millions of ordinary people. "

Rutger Bregman , Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World


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Rutger Bregman quote : The greatest sin of the academic left is that it has become fundamentally aristocratic, writing in bizarre jargon that makes simple matters dizzyingly complex. If you can't explain your ideal to a fairly intelligent twelve-year-old, after all, it's probably you're own fault. What we need is a narrative that speaks to millions of ordinary people.