Ich weiss nicht, was ein Ort ist, ich kenne nur seinen Preis (Manzini-Studien)

“What is said here has already been said in a certain place. And if you say it, the opposing side is sure to form an opinion of it. Signed by several people. And how should we imagine it, what it did look like? At which party did they meet? Where did they exchange views? What sort of building was it? What type of place? Does it exist? Did they sit at the same table? Is there a place they write from? No, there’s something completely different. A completely different context. Well, to start with, it isn’t the place from which they’re speaking; not a physical place. That is to say, it’s a class speaking. And beyond any immediate interest in the process. It’s the expression of a class that can immediately mark what is being said in a certain place as belonging to another class.” (René Pollesch)