act can more drastically change a situation than permanent repetitions of recipes “ which proved themselves ”. We think it is necessary to develop the capacity to look beyond all these rituals and convenient habits which are atrophying our capacity of imagination as to find also other ways of acting .
The silence that followed this attack has therefore been the fig leaf that tried to cover up a simple truth : the superiority in numbers and weaponry do not count a lot when facing human intelligence and ingenuity . A bunch of cables put on fire on the right moment and on the right spot by a singular person has the strength of taking a whole army apart , of transforming a situation that might seem static into something new , different and unforeseeable . Now then , if one thinks about the fact that society as a whole can only function thanks to the presence of infrastructures that allow the circulation of flows , informations , electricity , commodities , persons ,…, about the fact that these infrastructures are present everywhere in the physical space , a whole world of possibilities to act and interact opens up in front of our eyes .
These last months , we have seen how a small fire on the right spot can also paralyse “ half of Swiss ” [ see Paralysing everything , in Dissonanz , n ° 30 ], how the burned cables of an antenna can also put out of functioning a part of the communication systems of the police : what could have happened if these sabotages would have taken place on particular moments and interacting with other events ?
State , economy and authority are not at all abstract and untouchable , it is enough to find weak spots , it is enough to have a little bit of spirit and imagination . For those who know where to look , the king is naked and vulnerable . We wish the comrade who is on the run good luck , wherever he might be .
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