The Society of the Spectacle
the capture of time, about disempowerment and depersonalized connectedness.
Jonathan Crary • Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges • 1 highlight
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The social group is broken down into atomized individuals who fight for their right to fulfillment via professional advancement or personal consumption. This system is often sold to us as freedom. Those competing individuals never find true autonomy, however, because they lack the social fabric in which to exercise it.