The Unification Of Opposites Which Characterizes The

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

The Truth Of Art Lies In Its Power To Break The Monopoly Of Established Reality To Define What Is Real.

The Means Of Communication, The Irresistible Output Of The Entertainment And Information Industry Carry With Them Prescribed Attitudes And Habits, Certain Intellectual And Emotional Reactions Which Bind The Consumers To The Producers And, Through The Latter To The Whole Social System. The Products Indoctrinate And Manipulate; They Promote A False Consciousness Which Is Immune Against Its Falsehood...thus Emerges A Pattern Of One-dimensional Thought And Behavior.

However, If "free Choice" Means More Than A Small Selection Between Pre-established Necessities, And If The Inclinations And Impulses Used In Work Are Other Than Those Preshaped By A Repressive Reality Principle, Then Satisfaction In Daily Work Is Only A Rare Privilege.

When The Whole Is At Stake, There Is No Crime Except That Of Rejecting The Whole, Or Not Defending It. ... Those Who Identify Themselves With The Whole, Who Are Installed As The Leaders And Defenders Of The Whole Can Make Mistakes, But They Cannot Do Wrong - They Are Not Guilty. They May Become Guilty Again When This Identification No Longer Holds, When They Are Gone.