Well, Debord would likely specify that the root problem is not a displacement of cultural transmission, but a replacement of the authentic self. This replacemen

Well, Debord would likely specify that the root problem is not a displacement of cultural transmission, but a replacement of the authentic self. This replacement happens by the means of cultural transmission diverting one's self from being and living toward pursuing having and appearing. Moreover, he indicts religion as an equivalent of mass marketing; their images of cultural desire and individual/social aspiration are the vehicles through which one is alienated from an authentic self.