2026-02-01_R Alquati on individuation

“individuation is stronger (and freer) the more it finds a place within a strong and free collective, at least one with truly autonomous moments… The weaker and emptier and more equal so-called individuals find themselves, the more individualistic ideology grows… There are more individuals when proletarian struggles smash the constricting roles through which the system functions in an immediate sense [la chiusura bassa nei ruoli e gusci bassi di funzionalità sistemica immediate], than in today’s obsessively ‘individualistic’ times.”

• Romano Alquati, in Italian Operaismo