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Posted by sigismund on November 29, 2018, at 12:44:57
When Guy Debord wrote in 1967 that by means of the spectacle the ruling order discourses endlessly upon itself in an uninterrupted monologue of self-praise, he can hardly have imagined that his insight would be so literally embodied or that an American presidents self-praise would take a form that, in conventional politics, would be self-sabotage.
Posted by sigismund on December 4, 2018, at 20:39:30
In reply to Bite sized pieces of the spectacle, posted by sigismund on November 29, 2018, at 12:44:57
'If You Are Over Staying Woke'
MORGAN PARKERWater
the plants. Drink
plenty of water.
Dont hear
the news. Get
bored. Complain
about the weather.
Keep a corkscrew
in your purse.
Swipe right
sometimes.
Dont smile
unless you want
to. Sleep in.
Dont see the news.
Remember what
the world is like
for white people.
Listen to
cricket songs.
Floss. Take pills.
Keep an
empty mind.
When you are
hungover
do not say
Im never drinking
again. Be honest
when youre up
to it. Otherwise
drink water
lie to yourself
turn off the news
burn the papers
skip the funerals
take pills
laugh at dumb sh*t
f*ck people you
dont care about
use the crockpot
use the juicer
use the smoothie maker
drink water
from the sky
dont think
too much about the sky
dont think about water
skip the funerals
close your eyes
whenever possible
When you toast
look everyone in the eyes
Never punctuate
the President
Write the news
Turn
into water
Water
the fire escape
Burn the paper
Crumble the letters
Instead of
hyacinths pick
hydrangeas
Water the hydrangeas
Wilt the news
White the hydrangeas
Drink the white
Waterfall the
cricket songs
Keep a song mind
Dont smile
Dont wilt
funeral
funeral
Posted by alexandra_k on December 4, 2018, at 23:02:33
In reply to Re: Bite sized pieces of the spectacle, posted by sigismund on December 4, 2018, at 20:39:30
I like that one.
Posted by sigismund on December 5, 2018, at 23:57:43
In reply to Re: Bite sized pieces of the spectacle, posted by alexandra_k on December 4, 2018, at 23:02:33
I often have this in my mind these days.....
In the nightmare of the dark
All the dogs of Europe bark,
And the living nations wait,
Each sequestered in its hate;Intellectual disgrace
Stares from every human face,
And the seas of pity lie
Locked and frozen in each eye.
Posted by sigismund on December 14, 2018, at 16:18:16
In reply to Re: Bite sized pieces of the spectacle, posted by sigismund on December 5, 2018, at 23:57:43
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/12/03/the-editors/in-memoriam-george-h-w-bush/
Posted by sigismund on January 30, 2019, at 12:07:46
In reply to Re: Bite sized pieces of the spectacle, posted by sigismund on December 14, 2018, at 16:18:16
Who's in it? Venezuela naturally, Cuba of course, must be Nicaragua.
It was said of communist government propaganda that no one was actually meant to believe it. They just had to listen to it without protest. In Stalin's case the pleasure of humiliation was added.
Maybe everyone is beyond caring? Good oil.
Posted by alexandra_k on January 31, 2019, at 8:28:16
In reply to The Troika of Tyranny, posted by sigismund on January 30, 2019, at 12:07:46
i see it on many of our international undergraduates eyes. the eyes glaze over and they just go blank. polite nods.
while someone spouts some political bull-sh*t. about the bio-anthropology of race, or whatever.
dissociation, i guess.
civilisation is such a very thin veneer.
Posted by sigismund on January 31, 2019, at 12:53:10
In reply to Re: The Troika of Tyranny, posted by alexandra_k on January 31, 2019, at 8:28:16
>civilisation is such a very thin veneer.
Pretty much lacking in this case.
This is the end of the thread.
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