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i'm a fan of these introduction videos by Tom Nicholas: Society of the Spectacle: WTF? Guy Debord, Situationism and the Spectacle Explained - https://www.youtu
by beckman466 5y ago
i'm a fan of these introduction videos by Tom Nicholas:
Society of the Spectacle: WTF? Guy Debord, Situationism and the Spectacle Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGJr08N-auM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGJr08N-auM
Donald Trump and the Society of the Spectacle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HAII7QWr_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HAII7QWr_c
- papito 5y agoFor a second there I thought you said "Tom Nichols", who wrote multiple books on the un-seriousness of our modern society (such as The Death of Expertise), which is so fat and happy that it looks to government itself to entertain it. This ultimately leads to backsliding of democracies that we observe today.
- einpoklum 5y ago> our modern society ... which is so fat and happy We are talking about a society where, still, you have to struggle constantly to secure the most basic of needs. In most countries, anyway. So, ignoring the issue of mass obesity, I disagree.