Thomas S. Harrington - A Citizen's Democracy in Authoritarian Times

TH: I’m a little traditional in the sense that I thought Occupy Wall Street was an admirable movement, but that it didn’t have an ideological base or a set of organizing principles with which to sustain its anger. Talking is good, but after that you have to construct alternatives which involve institutions in some way. For example, what’s happening here with the CUP and, in a different way, with Ada Colau. It won’t be the socialism of the past, but if they’re smart and develop structures, they’ll be able to adapt socialism and turn it into a real praxis for the future.

AB: Are we the last generation who will have enjoyed a better standard of living than their parents?

TH: That will depend a lot on the drive shown by our sons and daughters. But I must admit that we are a generation who had it all, and we haven’t left much behind. Life has treated us pretty well, and I’m not sure whether we’ve lived up to our obligations. I believe in people’s capacity for self-renewal, but the alternatives aren’t very clearly drawn. We’re in a kind of zombie state, just like the Spanish Empire was in for a long time. And though it’s not fair, the drive to abolish this zombieism will have to come from young people.

[19]This is a translated version of Antoni Bassas. “Thomas S. Harrington: ‘La qüestió essencial del moment és: som ciutadans o tornem a ser súbdits?” Ara 15 June 2014.

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