The Tangible Source Of Exploitation Disappears Behind

Preaching Nonviolence On Principle Reproduces The Existing Institutionalized Violence.

The Truth Of Literature And Art Has Always Been Granted (if It Was Granted At All) As One Of A "higher" Order, Which Should Not And Indeed Did Not Disturb The Order Of Business. What Has Changed In The Contemporary Period Is The Difference Between The Two Orders And Their Truths. The Absorbent Power Of Society Depletes The Artistic Dimension By Assimilating Its Antagonistic Contents. In The Realm Of Culture, The New Totalitarianism Manifests Itself Precisely In A Harmonizing Pluralism, Where The Most Contradictory Works And Truths Peacefully Coexist In Indifference.

Our Mass Media Have Little Difficulty In Selling Particular Interests As Those Of All Sensible Men. The Political Needs Of Society Become Individual Needs And Aspirations, Their Satisfaction Promotes Business And The Commonweal, And The Whole Appeals To Be The Very Embodiment Of Reason.

The Happy Consciousness Is Shaky Enough A Thin Surface Over Fear, Frustration, And Disgust.

The Existing Liberties And The Existing Gratifications Are Tied To The Requirements Of Repression: They Themselves Become Instruments Of Repression.