“Otherwise, despite its size, this bloated pleasure apparatus adds no dignity to man’s lives. The idea of “fully exploiting” available technical resources and the facilities for aesthetic mass consumption is part of the economic system which refuses to exploit resources to abolish hunger.” –Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception. [...]
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Introduction
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