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“With creators no longer required to pursue artistic excellence, culture became a lowest-common-denominator battle for attention. Where there is no value other than money, honor is meaningless; and where there is no honor, there cannot be shame. And without shame, infamy and esteem become indistinguishable. This state of affairs rewarded sociopaths
... See moreExtremely Online and Incredibly Tedious | Rhian Sasseen
there are no revolutionary subjects on social media.
Jonathan Crary • Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World
social media flipped memes (the disjointed building blocks of “democracy”) from ground to figure .... Now, the memes ... have to be promulgated and enforced. And that’s why political propriety in much of today’s West is gauged not in terms of policy substance or even popularity, as it is in one’s ability to... See more
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Society of the Spectacle
J'appelle donc « société de provocation » une société qui laisse une marge entre les richesses dont elle dispose et qu'elle exalte par le strip-tease publicitaire, par l'exhibitionnisme du train de vie, par la sommation à acheter et la psychose de la possession, et les moyens qu'elle donne aux masses intérieures ou extérieures de satisfaire non
... See moreRomain Gary • Chien blanc (French Edition)
