Populism As Space Travel
“The history of populism is a repository of failed missions — a true destination of the populist journey is really a problem of imagination.”
Category: Notes From Disgraceland
Scandal And Power: Pornographication Of Politics And Social Life
“The ongoing parody of self-destruction comes with an embedded option on resurrection (political and/or commercial) or an implicit promise of a lucrative “afterlife” with “70 virgins” in the form of book deals, high-commission speech opportunities, TV appearances, Fox News correspondent, or consultant positions.”
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Digital Panopticon And The Triumph Of The Unfree Will
“Smartphones have become a tool for governing — they enable one to shape opinions, diffuse dissent, streamline emotions, manufacture consensus, assassinate opponents, stage revolutions, and declare wars and victories, imaginary and real, all alike.”
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The Poverty Of Tech And The Tech Of Poverty
It was one of those rainy and damp days, I was finding my way out of the F-train subway on Bergen St. in Brooklyn. On the mezzanine level, in the corner of the stairwell, I noticed a young man, couldn’t have been much older than 30….
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American Corrida And The Reconstitution Of The State
“We have reached the point of self-intoxication when inner contradictions of the system, which previously could be temporarily ignored, are taking over. The system has exhausted itself – it has collapsed under its own weight.”
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Perfect Crimes & Misdemeanors: The Politics Of Inflated Balloons
“When one puts an inflated balloon in a presidential seat”…