I have been shocked lately at how easy it is to "push the buttons" of people - not so much in the sense of making them mad and "outraged", as in simply engineering a reaction (or rather a pair of diametrically opposed reactions), that, once formulated, seems all too predictable. I realize this has been going on for a while, but the full …
I have been shocked lately at how easy it is to "push the buttons" of people - not so much in the sense of making them mad and "outraged", as in simply engineering a reaction (or rather a pair of diametrically opposed reactions), that, once formulated, seems all too predictable. I realize this has been going on for a while, but the full realization of this only hit me recently. People are being robbed of the capacity to think, and instead re-produce thought-products. It is all a mechanical process.
Nice to see Debord mentioned here. I come back to the situationists every now and then, and a few days ago was such a "now". I always feel that their work resonates well with yours, and still has a lot to say about our times - especially when it comes to identity politics etc.
The "saboteurs" would appear to come from the "insurrectionist" milieu, which is very much inspired by the situationists, so it fits well with the theme here. Like I say, it would appear that way, but who knows for sure.
I have been shocked lately at how easy it is to "push the buttons" of people - not so much in the sense of making them mad and "outraged", as in simply engineering a reaction (or rather a pair of diametrically opposed reactions), that, once formulated, seems all too predictable. I realize this has been going on for a while, but the full realization of this only hit me recently. People are being robbed of the capacity to think, and instead re-produce thought-products. It is all a mechanical process.
Nice to see Debord mentioned here. I come back to the situationists every now and then, and a few days ago was such a "now". I always feel that their work resonates well with yours, and still has a lot to say about our times - especially when it comes to identity politics etc.
The "saboteurs" would appear to come from the "insurrectionist" milieu, which is very much inspired by the situationists, so it fits well with the theme here. Like I say, it would appear that way, but who knows for sure.