/lit/ - Literature

>>15406732
Simple really, you resign yourself to the simple pleasures of life, not in wanting the truth or pursuit of anything outside of what you've been raised in to. Flesh, fun and status. Present an image of contentment and fall into a world of simplicity. Show off what you want to have

>>13654826
It's so weird to see it first hand. That simulacrum of a "life" all for the need of attention and admiration by others. Case in point, my boss (total fucking idiot) leaves work everyday to walk a dog, that isn't his, takes tons of photos of him and it and posts them on every social media channel. Even made an instagram page for it. Came back one day, brought me to his office and demanded to know why I am not following that page.

Baudrillard is the only philosopher who got it exactly right.

>>12285149
As much as I loathe it, I love what this era of capitalism does to people. So entertaining

>>11768828
I think it is because 9/11 was a televised unscripted (dont @ me tinfoils) event that all watched in awe, so literature cannot compare when the multiple sources all with one defining image. Literature and even some films muddy the Real for the fictional.

>>11586955
There will always be another book, another dessert, another woman. All which ones believe will change their life.

>>11300337
I know a way to make it...perfect

>>11266110
Brexit and Trump were the launch off points for much of the chaos today, as well the general distrust of government, lack of progress, endless lies and lack of direction. Tribalism and nativism took hold and general blaming of others with easy answers provided by shadowy figures on the internet posting images that juxtaposed easily recognizable individuals with an underlying fascist/conspiratorial air with them made for easy brainwashing of the masses