The world is about artificiality nowadays. Artificiality also means technology. People may have forgotten "human rights" and sincere efforts to assert and protect them. The world is about fiat money, the chase for capital, artificial safety and security, and the chase for mercy, even though the mercy is manufactured because the system intentionally creates problems (refusing or decreasing mercy).
#Artificiality #Technology #FiatMoney #Capitalism #HumanRights #ManufacturedMercy #ArtificialSafety
A quotation from Martin, Judith:
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The charge is often made against etiquette that it is artificial. Yes, indeed, it is. Civilization is artificial. When people extoll the virtues of naturalness, honesty, informality, intimacy, and creativity — watch out. Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martin-judith/68986/
#quote #quotes #quotation #artificiality #civilization #etiquette #rules #restraint #selfcontrol
The charge is often made against etiquette that it is artificial. Yes, indeed, it is. Civilization is artificial. When people extoll the virtues of naturalness, honesty, informality, intimacy, and creativity -- watch out. Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress, and…
"(What’s more, Britt’s central immigrant horror story turned out to be a repurposed saga of cartel-driven sexual abuse in Guadalajara dating from the second George W. Bush administration, which she dishonestly and cynically presented as an American calamity, authored by the immigration policies of Joe Biden.)"
"Throughout [Katie Britt's] remarks, her face was frozen into a ghastly cheerleader’s rictus—an effect that became especially gothic as she doted with unseemly relish on the details of alleged immigrant rape, sex-trafficking, and other mayhem."
~ Chris Lehmann
#KatieBritt #SOTU #PoliticalTheater #artificiality
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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/maga-aesthetic-trump-style/
A #brief #history of #camp: from #minoritysensibility to #PoliticalProtest
#Camp is an #attitude, #style, or #behavior that encompasses several components: #exaggeration, #artificiality, #theatricality, and a willingness to break #socialnorms, all with a touch of #silliness that brings about #humor.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Theatre #Movies #Society #Representation #Culture
https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-camp-from-minority-sensibility-to-political-protest-206233
#IT #technology #artificiality #intelligence #microsoft #crawford #interview #ethics #power #global #future
Microsoft’s Kate Crawford: ‘AI is neither artificial nor intelligent’
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