Dissent

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Sticker art arguing that dissent is necessary for democracy.
Sticker art arguing that dissent is necessary for democracy.

Dissent is a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to an idea (eg. a government's policies) or an entity (eg. an individual or political party which supports such policies). The term's antonyms include agreement, consensus (when all or nearly all parties agree on something) and consent (when one party agrees to a proposition made by another).

Dissent may be expressed in many ways. In some political systems, dissent may be formally expressed by way of opposition politics, while politically repressive regimes may prohibit any form of dissent, leading to suppression of dissent and the encouragement of social or political activism.[citation needed] Individuals who do not conform or support the policies of certain states may be described as "dissidents," or in extreme cases, "enemies of the state".[citation needed]

Several thinkers have argued that a healthy society needs not only to protect, but also to encourage dissent.[1][2]

In a well known letter to Arnold Ruge, Karl Marx wrote: "if constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair, it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be."[3]

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  1. ^ Bailey, Gordon Ideology: Structuring Identities in Contemporary Life, p.124
  2. ^ Kozol, J. (1981) Foreword. In Mackie, R. (Ed.), Literacy and revolution: The pedagogy of Paulo Freire. p.XV
  3. ^ Marx to Ruge. Kreuznach, September 1843. Letter from the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher. [1]. as cited in Wilhelm Reich (1936) prefaction to Die Sexualität im Kulturkampf
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