Traditional Hedonism...was Based On The Direct Experience Of Pleasure: Wine, Women And Song; Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll; Or Whatever The Local Variant. The Problem, From A Capitalist Perspective, Is That There Are Inherent Limits To All This. People Become Sated, Bored...modern Self-illusory Hedonism Solves This Dilemma Because Here, What One Is Really Consuming Are Fantasies And Day-dreams About What Having A Certain Product Would Be Like.
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Traditional Hedonism...was Based On The Direct Experience
David Graeber
Traditional Hedonism...was Based On The Direct Experience Of Pleasure: Wine, Women And Song; Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll; Or Whatever The Local Variant. The Problem, From A Capitalist Perspective, Is That There Are Inherent Limits To All This. People Become Sated, Bored...modern Self-illusory Hedonism Solves This Dilemma Because Here, What One Is Really Consuming Are Fantasies And Day-dreams About What Having A Certain Product Would Be Like.
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