Mentions (12)
"Maybe your confidence is so low because everyone around you lies 24/7 on socials and you compare these lies to your actual raw uncut life? Read society of spectacle again and START 👏 LYING 👏 You can't escape the spectacle so become a part of it. Or do a debord and minecraft yourself."
"The first was from *Society of the Spectacle*: *Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption, a by-product of the circulation of commodities, is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal. The economic organization of visits to different places is alrea"
"The images detached from every aspect of life merge into a common stream in which the unity of that life can no longer be recovered. Fragmented views of reality regroup themselves into a new unity as a separate pseudo-world that can only be looked at. - Guy Debord, SotS"
"I stopped doing my radio show, I stopped reading for my classes (and I like reading!) I got halfway through *Society of the Spectacle* before...not really even giving up on it. I just put it out of mind for a bit and it slipped and I haven't opened it in a month."
"Like there's something more dignified about reading books for example I recently finished society of spectacle and it makes me feel smart and pretentious and ready to drop schizo tidbits on unsuspecting coworkers. Meanwhile reading wikipedia, even though very enjoyable doesn't make me feel like Im l"
"Many things about the society of the spectacle are now so familiar that hashing them over gets tedious. We're all tired of apocalypse-speak. Nonetheless, the spectacle still has a few surprises up its sleeve."
"Apparently those 'Black Panthers' photographed carrying the giant guns in Atlanta are a crew of models and actors."
"so much "political discourse" in the us social media revolves around debating the ethics of various marketing campaigns. the sydney sweeney jean commercials, gop panic over target pride ads, dylan mulvaney bud light video, etc etc etc. even a lot of the nostalgia you see online is based on advertise"
"Guy Debord - Society of the Spectacle"
"ive read society of spectacle, simulacra and simulations and the republic and i still have no idea what this means"
"society of the spectacle and all that, but it does blow my mind how much attention this stuff gets"
"Guy Debord - Society of the Spectacle"