Penny Rimbaud

Revolution and its leaders can all too easily become commodity.

Jeremy John Ratter (born 8 June 1943), better known as Penny "Lapsang" Rimbaud, is a writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist.

Quotes

• Within the context of revolutionary discourse, ideas which do not truly challenge consensual conceits become commodified within the consensual. ... Anything that can be removed from radical discourse will become incorporated and thereby nullified within the consensual narrative. Revolution and its leaders can all too easily become commodity: Che the poster, Sartre ‘le maitre de’. It is in this manner that revolutionary ideas are consumed as product within a construct of moderation calculatedly designed to render them impotent.
  • "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out: The Commodification of Revolution," Vertigo, Volume 3, Issue 9 (Spring-Summer 2008)