The Arabic word dawla (state) also found in Persian dowlat and Turkish devlet, originally derives from the root d-w-l which meant to rotate, alternate, specifically a turn of fortune (and of the stars in their spheres)
Whenever I’m with my family, they ask me to make this dish. It’s called Hünkar Beğendi. Roasted eggplant purée with béchamel sauce, topped with tomato paste and meat.
The name literally means “the sultan liked it.”
We have nothing but our freedom. We have nothing to give you but your own freedom. We have no law but the single principle of mutual aid between individuals. We have no government but the single principle of free association. We have no states, no nations, no presidents, no premiers, no chiefs, no generals, no bosses, no bankers, no landlords, no wages, no charity, no police, no soldiers, no wars. Nor do we have much else. We are sharers, not owners. We are not prosperous. None of us is rich. None of us is powerful. If it is Anarres you want, if it is the future you seek, then I tell you that you must come to it with empty hands. You must come to it alone, and naked, as the child comes into the world, into his future, without any past, without any property, wholly dependent on other people for his life. You cannot take what you have not given, and you must give yourself. You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
A thought experiment I could think about for 8 years:
First, imagine bodies that don’t exist yet. Then, design the fashion that lets them live, move, and express themselves.