MUSIC BY EL INTRUSO - GUY DEBORD -
PERSPECTIVES FOR CONCIOUS CHANGES IN EVERY DAY LIFE (07) THROUGH ITS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION THIS SOCIETY HAS EMPTIED THE GESTURES OF WORK OF ALL MEANING. AND NO MODEL OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR HAS RETAINED ANY REAL RELEVANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE. THIS SOCIETY TENDS TO ATOMIZE PEOPLE INTO ISOLATED CONSUMERS AND TO PROHIBIT COMMUNICATION. EVERYDAY LIFE IS THUS PRIVATE LIFE, THE REALM OF SEPARATION AND SPECTACLE. IT IS THUS ALSO THE SPHERE OF THE SPECIALISTS RESIGNATION AND FAILURE. IT IS THE REASON, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ONE OF THE RARE INDIVIDUALS CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE WILL MAKE A FOOL OF HIMSELF BY EARNESTLY PONDERING ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLETS AESTHETIC THEORIES OR BY SENDING PETITIONS TO THE PRESIDENT IN THE HOPE OF CONVINCING HIM TO CHANGE HIS POLICIES. IT IS THE SPHERE OF PERSONAL DISARMAMENT, OF AN AVOWED INCAPABILITY OF LIVING.
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