Adam Curtis on the Dangers of Self-Expression
Because ‘the Consumer is King,’ we believe that we are in charge. The glittering array of available choices makes us forget that there might be possibilities beyond the menu, or damage inherent in the very dynamic of our choice between them. That’s true not just in stores with crowded aisles, but in politics with its well-packaged candidates, datin
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the tension between the value of the individual and the concept of joining. ‘The mindset of the last few decades of capitalism telling us that we create our individual identities through the choices that we make in the marketplace is the opposite energy from ‘I’m joining a party.’’
Jon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
“We live in a world where we see ourselves as independent individuals. If you’re an independent individual, you don’t really think in terms of power. You think only in terms of your own influence on the world.
What you don’t see is what people in the past were more able to see: when you are in groups, you can be very powerful. You can change things
