So great is the power of words uttered at their moment. Guy Debord, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Words work—on behalf of the dominant organization
of life. Yet they are not completely automated: unfortunately for
the theoreticians of information, words are not in themselves “informationist”; they contain forces that can upset the most careful calculations. Internationale situationniste #8
Words forged by revolutionary criticism are like partisans’ weapons: abandoned on the battlefield, they fall into the hands of the counterrevolution. And like prisoners of war, they are subjected to forced labor. Internationale situationniste #10