he she it
"He wishes to see and hear himself,
and for that reason
he wishes to gain control
of those who see and hear."
From
the Metaphysics of Youth,
The Conversation
Water Benjamin - 1892-1940
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"He wishes to see and hear himself,
and for that reason
he wishes to gain control
of those who see and hear."
From
the Metaphysics of Youth,
The Conversation
Water Benjamin - 1892-1940
" [ He, ]
the convert
of his latest conversation.
Now he has mastered
two languages,
question and answer... "
From
the Metaphysics of Youth,
The Conversation
Water Benjamin - 1892-1940
in an age
of new authoritarianism
within
diminishing
democracy:
crowds
are needed
to control
the public
yes it does
played language
functions
nakedness stood there
at first
there was
no you
no me
no we:
a nakedness
that simply does
it gives
then
your youth evaporated :
you became
translated into words
your nakedness went
into a body
became a weight
of fiction
as if youth -
its meaning -
comes from age
is a form of revolt
failing in the effort
understanding social reality,
nature's realities
an established social order
is very well subverted
via hope's miracle practices
history compiles
language's tool
practicing its tools
with
rules
and
rituals
frozen
into
limits
observe pictures
brains wait
for words
official words
pour forth
from
within ideological facts
belief fits words
words fix belief
but
a gap
de-bridged
agape
agape
mutates
into
de-moted
re-gress
over-qualified economy
work-horses
depoliticized
a real dream
subjugated
live off
within
thin-k-tan-k-s
always
prevent
any
credible
credible
credible
opposition
NONE
NADA
NJET
makes visible
the close look
the haptic
the disintegrating factors:
culture"s use
the institution's tools
the suffering
the experience