“The more I learn, the less I know: the less I know, the less I understand: the less I understand, the less I can relate; I know you're crazy.”
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“The spectacle is a social relation between people that is mediated by an accumulation of images that serve to alienate us from a genuinely lived life. The image is thus an historical mutation of the form of commodity fetishism.”
― The Society of the Spectacle
― The Society of the Spectacle
“The more I consider it, the more the U.S. Constitution becomes one of the most 'God-awful' works ever created by man. Please explain 'more perfect' alongside the constitutional make-up of everything left in its wake. What about the story of a girl in hot pursuit of bigger things to swallow? Would you call that 'Justice,' or is it open to debate?”
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“We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities, and the consequences of this simple, devastating realization is the defining feature of American life at the end of this low, dishonest decade.”
― Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
― Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
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