Gyula R.<p>“What of the responsibility of intellectuals? Those who qualify for the title have a degree of privilege conferred by this status, yielding opportunity beyond the norm. Opportunity confers responsibility—which, in turn, poses choices, sometimes hard ones.</p><p>One choice is to follow the path of integrity, wherever it may lead. Another is to put such concerns aside, passively adopting the conventions instituted by structures of authority. The task in the latter case, then, is to carry out faithfully the instructions of those who hold the reins of power, to be loyal and faithful servants, not after reflective judgment but by reflexive conformism. That is a fine way to evade the moral and intellectual difficulties of challenge and to escape what can be painful consequences of seeking to bend the moral arc of the universe towards justice.”</p><p>- The Responsibility of Intellectuals by Noam Chomsky</p><p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/db637a3d-0d87-4dca-afa0-b540d62f1de5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/books/db</span><span class="invisible">637a3d-0d87-4dca-afa0-b540d62f1de5</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/readingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/storygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storygraph</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/@thestorygraph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thestorygraph</span></a></span></p>