"The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the 'state of emergency' in which we live is not the exception but the rule. We must attain to a conception of history that accords with this insight. Then we will clearly see that it is our task to bring about a real state of emergency, and this will improve our position in the struggle against fascism [neo-liberalism]. One reason fascism has a chance is that, in the name of progress, its opponents treat it as a historical norm."

--Walter Benjamin, On the Concept of History.