To be a subject was good; to be an object was bad. But, as we all know, being a subject can be tricky. The subject is always already subjected. Though the position of the subject suggests a degree of control, its reality is rather one of being subjected to power relations. […]

How about siding with the object for a change? Why not affirm it? Why not be a thing? An object without a subject? A thing among things?

Steyerl, Hito: A Thing Like You and Me (2010)

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