Postmodernism was little more than a yawn in academia, but it raised a stink in popular culture because it popularized the notions that objectivity is a myth, and that all truths are subjective. This subverted the public relations approach to managing the perceptions and opinions of the unwashed.
Today we are in the throes of the emperor being undressed in slow motion. Language is being slaughtered in the process. “Authoritarian” is a label for governments that don’t use the smoke and mirrors associated with Madison Avenue. “Democracy” is reserved for the government that features the best institutions that money can buy.
There is no colloquial term for the tyranny of corporations, but I believe that it’s just a matter of time.
The writings of Caitlin and a growing number committed journalists are the most inspiring works of our current era.
"Emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims that ethical sentences do not express propositions but emotional attitudes." Understanding that public life consists entirely of the performance of myth makes the permanence and necessity of institutions that much less real.
Postmodernism was little more than a yawn in academia, but it raised a stink in popular culture because it popularized the notions that objectivity is a myth, and that all truths are subjective. This subverted the public relations approach to managing the perceptions and opinions of the unwashed.
Today we are in the throes of the emperor being undressed in slow motion. Language is being slaughtered in the process. “Authoritarian” is a label for governments that don’t use the smoke and mirrors associated with Madison Avenue. “Democracy” is reserved for the government that features the best institutions that money can buy.
There is no colloquial term for the tyranny of corporations, but I believe that it’s just a matter of time.
The writings of Caitlin and a growing number committed journalists are the most inspiring works of our current era.
"Emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims that ethical sentences do not express propositions but emotional attitudes." Understanding that public life consists entirely of the performance of myth makes the permanence and necessity of institutions that much less real.