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Separation Perfectected
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Separation Perfectected
The spectacle is
a constructed relation
between economy
and nation
mediated by image
It is a language
Of containment
The Spectacle is
the focal point
of our vision
a synthesis
of consciousness
a reality constructed
from the domain
of delusion
And functions
with collusion
the unification
it achieves
Is universal separation
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Commodity as Spectacle
02:40
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Commodity as Spectacle
Waged like
an everlasting war
the Spectacle is for all
to equate satisfaction
with non action
Humanized Corporations
of commodity
Form dichotomy
has taken charge
through economy
Forced trade
of labor for wage
time is coerced
we are both use and value
In the blockchain
Of exchange
This blackmail
Does prevail
through consumption
of illusions
that form the fusion
Between systems of production
We serve to buy
we must submit or die
So we blindly
live this lie
Because we know
we must accept
a counterfeit life
through necessity
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Unity and Division in Appearance
All the “isms”
That create the schisms
In our world today
are global brands
whose purpose and desire
Does require
individuals to
be contained
allegiance is maintained
through Fallacious
archaic opposition
and reinforced
by systemic oppression
That is codified by race
Enthusiasms is aroused
while distractions
are maintained
Through an endless
succession of competitions
everything from
sports to elections
All of this serves to endow
The mundane rankings
in the hierarchy
of global consumption
While maintaining the appearance
Of both unity and division
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Subject and Representation
we are Subjected to created crisis
That defends economy
Through subversion
of our senses
We live in a state
of visual siege
Where the subject defends
its ideological monopoly
through promoting
family, private property
The moral order and patriotism
to maintain domestic tranquilly
Our violent myths are represented
And displayed as images of normalcy
Football a metaphor for War
Advertising that upholds
false standards of beauty and happiness
And politics as theater for the dumb
We are subject
to these illusions
As modern means
of conditioning
Through perpetual presentation
so that we will embrace
an ideological lie
Whose origin
can never be revealed.
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Time and History
02:27
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Time and History
Time is a commodity
traded as currency
This exchange of existence
Has become our new pseudo-nature
created through alienated labor
Echoes of
ancient rhythms
Have been
incorporated
day and night shift
work and weekend
State mandated holidays
And the occasional vacation
Have become
A new sentence
In our modern prison
of time
Even then when off the clock
When relishing in our perceived freedom
we spend our time consuming images
Of what the spectacle has to offer
Left to vicariously experience
A reproduction of what
is presented as life
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Organization of Territory
mass-produced
for the abstract space
of the market place
You are granted
the Freedom
to consume
We pledge
allegiance
To a system
For which it stands
To process
Through homogenization
Of urbanization
To achieve
spectacular separation
Take a knee
Raise your fist
Claim your space
To Resist
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Consumption and Culture
02:40
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Consumption and Culture
Consumption
Is the presumption
For suppression
And oppression
that defined our
existence today
what if we embrace
this moment
To create independence
Not dependence
When there are
No more rules (of conduct)
Will my pretension
Adequately provide
A coherent account
of the social totality?
Is my fragmented methodology
Even workable within its own limitations?
What will happen
when our consumption
Eventually engulfs
Human culture
And ingests our domain?
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Ideology Materalized
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Ideology Materialized
The spectacle
is the face of any ideology
because it masks
the essence that lies underneath
All systems currently in place
Hold the goal to promote
the impoverishment, enslavement
and negation of real life.
materials that are our expression
Have become the separation
And estrangement between us
Through production
power and perception
Has become concentrated
obliterate the illusion of boundaries
between self and world
between true and false
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Counter Argument #5
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The Uncivil Society Seattle, Washington
I do, because I love to do it. I understand that I am a hack musician, a terrible vocalist and a sloppy graphic artist. I don’t care about achieving perfection, because I am happiest while being engaged in the exalted messiness of my creative process. I don’t worry about capturing the perfect take. I am satisfied by the pure joy I derive from expressing myself without filter or restraint. ... more
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