A key development, one that Made in Chelsea constantly navigates, is about life totally mediated by, structured around and presented as images. This is where social media platforms have taken the aesthetic and political tools developed in the 80s and 90s to a new stage that has altered our sense of self.
the consumerist stuff under lockdown is interesting.
The puritan in me thinks that people are compensating for the lack of human contact by clicking at things on Amazon.
this is what we were talking about earlier in the thread when you and vim disgnosed a desperate and revolutionary desire to smash the image and i agreed with your diagnosis. i thought it was astute.
I think the ultimate exemplar of consumerist freedom on Dissensus is Idlerich. More than any of the rest of us, he is extracting all the hedonistic juice out of our times.
no I agree, obvs ppl are satisfying their desires, but why do those desires have this particular quality which the opposite of what you might naively expect from a society like this
Lots of people are losing their jobs and signing onto Universal Credit, but we also have huge pools of surplus wages for people who aren't filling up the car with petrol, eating out, flying to Ibiza. So they're spending it on shit from Amazon.
Lots of people are losing their jobs and signing onto Universal Credit, but we also have huge pools of surplus wages for people who aren't filling up the car with petrol, eating out, flying to Ibiza. So they're spending it on shit from Amazon.
presumably theres a lot of guilt lurking about in there
only if you have no children thoit blows my mind thinking of all those people who have spent the last few months on paid holiday. they must have been having the time of their lives. i've loved it even with no money whatsoever. they must have been in a dreamland. all of them living like idlerich on cocaine, champagne and lobsters.
this is the thing about idlerich isn't it. that he at least presents himself as having no guilt. i not only have guilt but im tremendoulsy grateful for guilt as it's crucial kind of feedback and curb on my impulses. it seems to be an immensely valuable part of the circuit.
That's a result of being an infamous junk bond raider, though, isn't it? Rich made his millions working 20 hour shifts in the City and selling off blue collar workers, he paid his dues and now he can enjoy it, with no guilt.
it is. but i think in his shoes i would still feel guilt.
I don't think I would.