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I think both of these points hold, in their own way, in the Western world. As Guy Debord writes in The Society of the Spectacle: > [The Spectacle] defines the
by samirillian 5y ago
I think both of these points hold, in their own way, in the Western world. As Guy Debord writes in The Society of the Spectacle:
> [The Spectacle] defines the program of the ruling class and presides over its formation, just as it presents pseudo-goods to be coveted, it offers false models of revolution to local revolutionaries.
Or as Zizek once said (in paraphrase): It's not Jihad vs. McWorld, it's McJihad vs. McWorld.
Do you think that the West exported this spectacle-based theory of change?
- skissane 5y ago> Or as Zizek once said (in paraphrase): It's not Jihad vs. McWorld, it's McJihad vs. McWorld. "Jihad and McWorld are two sides of the same coin. Jihad is already McJihad" https://www.lacan.com/zizekslovenia.htm https://www.lacan.com/zizekslovenia.htm