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title: "1 Grown Skeptical Quotes By Joshua Clover"
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> [Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as much in the necessity of, and the possibility of, revolution as I ever did. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/over-the-last-few-decades-i-ve-grown-more-skeptical-about-a-few/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

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## More by Joshua Clover

> [I don't want to overvalue Donald Trump as some historical rupture, and to admit that I do think Trump is an indication of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/i-don-t-want-to-overvalue-donald-trump-as-some-historical-rupture-and/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/over-the-last-few-decades-i-ve-grown-more-skeptical-about-a-few/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [People who oppose violence often defend strikes, forgetting that strikes are historically every bit as violent as riots. They recast history so that strikes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/people-who-oppose-violence-often-defend-strikes-forgetting-that/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [There are places in the world where it's easier than in the US to be a person who produces theory and not require the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/there-are-places-in-the-world-where-it-s-easier-than-in-the-us-to-be/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/for-a-long-time-early-industrializing-countries-were-absorptive-they/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [My point is that the alienation of theory and practice, intellectual and manual labor, is a real issue, but it's the outcome of social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/my-point-is-that-the-alienation-of-theory-and-practice-intellectual/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/when-people-are-in-a-workplace-where-it-s-possible-to-organize-and/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/i-don-t-want-to-be-hubristic-about-art-s-possibilities-i-don-t-think/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/the-most-important-quote-about-poetry-and-politics-that-i-know-is/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/people-often-say-riots-aren-t-revolutions-that-s-true-the-vast/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [The university is one of various funding structures by which people who want to do theoretical work stay alive, the same way that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/the-university-is-one-of-various-funding-structures-by-which-people/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [Even as I've become more reticent about the political possibilities of the academic space, I want to note that students have played significant roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/even-as-i-ve-become-more-reticent-about-the-political-possibilities/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I think there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/people-do-make-considered-choices-about-whether-they-want-to-fight/)

[Joshua Clover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-clover/)

> [I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite careful, quite difficult choices,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-clover/i-m-trying-to-mediate-between-individual-agency-and-structural/)

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