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The end of the obligatory sign is succeeded by the reign of the emancipated sign, in which any and every class will be able to participate.
Symbolic Exchange and Death
Jean Baudrillard
The Net negates geometry — it is anti-spatial. People do not go to it, simply, they log-in, mostly through an address. Our definition of address is no longer a location, but an access code to enter places on the Net. This eliminates a dimension of civic legibility.
[STUDY] WILLIAM J. MITCHELL — CITY OF BITS: SPACE, PLACE, AND THE INFO BAHN | by Ethan Chung | Medium
Ethan Chung
According to Marxist economist Christian Marazzi, the switch from Fordism to post-Fordism can be given a very specific date: October 6, 1979. It was on that date that the Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 20 points, preparing the way for the ‘supply-side economics’ that would constitute the ‘economic reality’ in which we are now enmeshed.
Capitalist Realism
Mark Fisher
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