MUSIC BY EL INTRUSO - GUY DEBORD -
PERSPECTIVES FOR CONCIOUS CHANGES IN EVERY DAY LIFE (06) EVERYDAY LIFE, POLICED AND MYSTIFIED BY EVERY MEANS, IS A SORT OF RESERVATION FOR THE GOOD NATIVES WHO KEEP MODERN SOCIETY RUNNING WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IT — THIS SOCIETY WITH ITS RAPID GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGICAL POWERS AND THE FORCED EXPANSION OF ITS MARKET. HISTORY (THE TRANSFORMATION OF REALITY) CANNOT PRESENTLY BE USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT EVERYDAY LIFE ARE THE PRODUCT OF A HISTORY OVER WHICH THEY HAVE NO CONTROL. IT IS OF COURSE THEY THEMSELVES WHO MAKE THIS HISTORY, BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE IT FREELY OR CONSCIOUSLY. MODERN SOCIETY IS VIEWED THROUGH SPECIALIZED FRAGMENTS THAT ARE VIRTUALLY INCOMMUNICABLE; AND SO EVERYDAY LIFE, WHERE ALL QUESTIONS ARE LIABLE TO BE POSED IN A UNITARY MANNER, IS NATURALLY THE DOMAIN OF IGNORANCE.
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