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We are not the first to become a mass exploitable class but we are perhaps the least resilient population to be subjected to such conditions, because we have been taught—and ultimately live in a material reality which reinforces—that nothing matters but ourselves. We have no liberation theology.)
Loving the World on Fire — Parapraxis
The ruthless unity in the culture industry is evidence of what will happen in politics. Marked differentiations such as those of A and B films, or of stories in magazines in different price ranges, depend not so much on subject matter as on classifying, organising, and labelling consumers. Something is provided for all so that none may escape; the... See more
Frankfurt School: The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception
“For the last two hundred years, democrats have been trying to graft ideals of popular self-governance onto the coercive apparatus of the state. In the end, the project is simply unworkable. States cannot, by their nature, ever truly be democratized. They are, after all, basically ways of organizing violence. The American Federalists were being
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“But was this enough to change the structures we had identified? We were never going to chart a grand escape from capitalism. That’s a moot point. But we knew we wanted to avoid the more alluring trap, which we’ve seen one too many times, of trying to merge profitable work and critical work. Selling acclaim back to oneself as a false sense of agency to make a difference is tempting, yet often prevents what the point of it should be. It’s one of capitalism’s clever tricks: an illusion of action that mainly amounts to virtue signalling, while further obscuring any meaningful change.”
“The ugly mirror phenomenon, by which ruling elites encourage forms of popular participation that continually remind the public just how much they are unfit to rule, seems, in many modern states, to have been brought to a condition of unprecedented perfection. Consider here, for example, the view of human nature one might derive generalizing from
... See moreI only wrote three sentences on the day I took the photo.
Everyone is looking for help.
Modest needs should be lavishly met.
Be grateful for every chance to do something right.
Could this dream be big enough?
Everyone is looking for help.
Modest needs should be lavishly met.
Be grateful for every chance to do something right.
Could this dream be big enough?
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The Center for Humane Technology uses the phrase “Clarity creates agency” in reference to platforms being more transparent or clear about their practices; the agency is felt by the human interacting with the platform. Empowerment > extraction
“The American constitution was meant to reproduce this balance by creating a powerful presidency, a senate to represent the wealthy, and a congress to represent the people—though the powers of the latter were largely limited to ensuring popular control over the distribution of tax money. This republican ideal lies at the basis of all “democratic”
... See moreRather than rushing toward a new aesthetic, the school treated the misalignment between form and life.