I don’t fully agree with him here, but I see where he’s coming from and respect his opinion. Personally I think these cultural elements are driven by material conditions, and that it would be better to address the underlying problem of social alienation and capitalist exploitation directly.
all of these elements are exactly the kind of Hyperreality that Baudrillard wrote about in Simulation and Simulacra.
I agree with Luigi that it’s bad for humans to live in a simulated experience 24/7, but not with his ultimate conclusions about remedies.
I don’t fully agree with him here, but I see where he’s coming from and respect his opinion. Personally I think these cultural elements are driven by material conditions, and that it would be better to address the underlying problem of social alienation and capitalist exploitation directly.