As people without ’supremacy’

　Both you and I remain utterly disconnected from the “supreme,” living merely like crawling insects or animals upon the earth, and continuing to do so requires a certain fortitude and physical strength. We are not the “supreme,” yet we are not as repulsive and filthy as Bataille (, Georges) claims. We are simply living ordinarily. I secretly wish to endure this difficult “ordinariness” to the very end.
Matsuura, Hisaki, 'popular sovereignty', Koukon Kakushi, 2015/10, Tokyo, Bungei Shunjyu, p.48
(Original : 松浦寿輝「人民主権」、『黄昏客思』2015年10月、文藝春秋 、p.48)