Havel speaks of returning politics to its "only proper starting point...if all the old mistakes are to be avoided: individual people." He contrasts this with the politics of ideology, where the needs of people are subordinated to ideas. An easy contrast to draw in a communist state, but he goes on to say-
"In democratic societies, where the violence done to human beings is not so obvious and cruel, this fundamental revolution in politics has yet to happen, and some things will probably have to get worse there before the urgent need for that revolution is reflected in politics."]
The Power of the Powerless
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