Sublime

In a sense, this is another manifestation of “Power to the People.” While often viewed through the lens of socio-political or -economic strife, this flock toward the excessive and extravagant is a push against another type of commercialized institutionalism:  wellness .

From seductive night luxe, to innocent kidcore, it’s as if we’re fighting the

Over the twentieth century, taste became less a philosophical concept concerning the quality of art than a parallel to industrial-era consumerism, a way to judge what to buy and judge others for what they buy in turn. This phenomenon—conforming too much with popular taste and thus insulating yourself from having a more inspiring, personal encounter

We have become tiny, relatively wealthy cogs in giant, efficient machines. And yet, in our quiet moments, we reverberate with private longings to give our multitudinous selves expression.

Human creativity and productivity are the basis of economies. Since it is assumed there are no limits to our imagination, economists believe endless growth is possible, and is the very definition of success and progress. Following the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Second World War provided the stimulus for global economic recovery. The

C’est une avarice de tous les instants, qui ne relâche jamais son étreinte et qui non seulement les conduit à chasser tout superflu — les seules dépenses autorisées devant être des dépenses productrices de prestige liées aux impératifs de la profession et assimilables à des investissements — mais les pousse à commettre des ladreries innommables,

Pour choisir le contenu de la production, Gorz suggère de retrouver la capacité à déterminer notre norme du « suffisant », capacité présente dans les sociétés précapitalistes, détruite à dessein par le capitalisme aux XIXe et XXe siècles. La décroissance n’est pas un projet de privation, mais d’adaptation à ce que chacun juge suffisant pour lui.