The Revolution will take a lot of guts. Denis
Diderot wrote in his
'Dithyrambe sur la fête des Rois':
Et des boyaux du dernier prêtre,
Serrons le cou du dernier roi.
(And with the bowels of the last priest,
Let us strangle the last king.)
The saying appeared this way inna classic
soixante-huitard, reciprocal
style:
HUMANITY WON’T BE HAPPY TILL THE LAST CAPITALIST IS HUNG WITH THE GUTS OF THE LAST BUREAUCRAT
HUMANITY WON’T BE HAPPY TILL THE LAST BUREAUCRAT IS HUNG WITH THE GUTS OF THE LAST CAPITALIST
However, post-'68 developments have revealed that more guts will be needed . . .
until the last tyrant is hung with the entrails of the last priest
till the last aristocrat is hung with the guts of the last priest
until the last politician is hung with the entrails of the last priest
until the last lawyer was hung with the guts of the last priest
[when the last lawyer was hung with the entrails of the last priest]
when the last priest has been hanged with the guts of the last prince
when the last sociologist has been strangled with the guts of the last bureaucrat
until the last right-libertarian will be hung with the guts of the last authoritarian
until the last 'anarcho-capitalist' is hung with the guts of the last charitable fascist
when the last barrista has been hung with the guts of the last Starbuck's executive
until the last Usenet Troll has been hanged with the guts of the last Newby
until the last luser is hung with the guts of the last salesdroid
to hang the last Blairite with the guts of the last social worker
when the last Church of Scotland Minister has been strangled with the last copy of the Sunday Post
until the last Murdoch has been hung with the guts of the last Olver
until the last book bore is hung by the guts of the last mullah
until the last copyright holder is hung by the guts of the last patent lawyer
until the temporary owners of such [creative] works should be hung by the guts of their lawyers
until the last CEO of the last entertainment conglomerate is hung with the guts of the last FCC chairman
until where the last major-label CEO is hung with the guts of the last A&R man.
when the last SugGenii is hung with the guts of the last Discordian
and, last but not least:
when rock journalists will be hung with the guts of aging rock stars and sucker MC false messiahs
(More info on the history of Diderot's saying is
here.)
posted by TiR at 7:01 AM
