Wilhelm Scream Compilation
Goce Satellite Gradiometer
Joseph Beuys, European Elections, The Green Party
![Joseph Beuys, Das Schweigen von Marcel Duchamp wird Ueberbewertet [The Silence of Marcel Duchamp is Overrated] (1964)](http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv0q3hTz9u1qzeqzio1_500.jpg)
Joseph Beuys, Das Schweigen von Marcel Duchamp wird Ueberbewertet [The Silence of Marcel Duchamp is Overrated] (1964)
Marcel Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (1913-1923, cracked 1926)
It would also be comforting to think that all of this could be accomplished pacifically and voluntarily, that we would dispossess ourselves, strip ourselves bare, as it were, of all that we now possess that stands in the way of the creation of a more socially just, steady-state social order. But it would be disingenuous to imagine that this could be so, that no active struggle will be involved, including some degree of violence. Capitalism came into the world, as Marx once put it, bathed in blood and fire. Although it might be possible to do a better job of getting out from under it than getting into it, the odds are heavily against any purely pacific passage to the promised land.
With the recession, shoplifting is on the rise, according to booksellers. At BookPeople in Austin, Tex., the rate of theft has increased to approximately one book per hour. I asked Steve Bercu, BookPeople’s owner, what the most frequently stolen title was.
“The Bible,” he said, without pausing.
Apparently the thieves have not yet read the “Thou shalt not steal” part — or maybe they believe that Bibles don’t need to be paid for. “Some people think the word of God should be free,” Bercu said. As it turns out, Bibles are snatched even at the Parable Christian Store in Springfield, Ore., the manager told me, despite the fact that if a person asks for a Bible, they’ll be given a copy without charge.
