Been a while since someone posted this one guess it’s my turn https://t.co/oCoZY4lUhM
Been a while since someone posted this one guess it’s my turn https://t.co/oCoZY4lUhM
Erich Fromm courageously calls attention to the reality that “the principle underlying capitalistic society and the principle of love are incompatible.” He contends: “Our society is run by a managerial bureaucracy, by professional politicians; people are motivated by mass suggestion, their aim is producing more and consuming more, as purposes in th
... See morebell hooks • All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
Moderne Gesellschaften bieten viele Beispiele solchen leeren Strebens, solcher geisterhafter Geschäftigkeit.
Eva Illouz • Explosive Moderne: Eine scharfsinnige Analyse unserer emotionsgeladenen Gegenwart (German Edition)
The principal horror of any system which defines the good in terms of profit rather than in terms of human need, or which defines human need to the exclusion of the psychic and emotional components of that need — the principal horror of such a system is that it robs our work of its erotic value, its erotic power and life appeal and fulfillment. Suc
... See moreCheryl Clarke • Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series)
What’s worse is the deep capitalism poisoning that confuses consumerism with culture: a new water bottle despite having water bottles, simping for and falling for billionaire theatrics, happily welcoming the AI-fication of everything. A loser landscape is emerging, as teens want less sex in movies, as nightclubs close and sober bars rise, as nightl... See more
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In fact, the summum bonum of this ethic, the earning of more and more money, combined with the strict avoidance of all spontaneous enjoyment of life, is above all completely devoid of any eudæmonistic, not to say hedonistic, admixture.