me, eyes bloodshot, rocking myself back and forth, praying for reprieve from consciousness: the expropriators will be expropriated, the expropriators will be expropriated, the ex-
i won’t follow through with this but i really want to start restricting again
my face and stomach and thighs have ballooned far beyond what is acceptable
why is everyone citing cohen tho lmfao. like it’s interesting to see the cutting edge of political theory convos, and this is about as radical as it gets in academia, but it’s still far too squishy. there’s no bite, and it’s telling that no one has used nietzsche on genealogical origins.
imagine if youtube’s content ID was oriented around being a sample database instead of the myopic stifling of human creativity. we could have paradise, but we’re trapped in california.
Art’s inescapable affirmative essence has become insufferable. Art must turn against itself, in opposition to its own concept, and thus become uncertain of itself right into its innermost fiber.
i don’t disagree with that (i am anarkiddies and ultras). i’m not morally condemning oliver individually, he’s just playing a functional role in the maintenance of an oppressive totality. if not him, someone else would fill the space. i refuse to positively appraise his work.
of course it’s not sufficient on its own. but having a correct understanding of the ideological operation of the culture industry is useful for resistance, both individually and collectively. not allowing liberal capture of one’s negative frustrations with the world is a crucial minimum.