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Television Enjoys A De Facto Monopoly On What Goes Into The Heads Of A Significant Part Of The Population And What They Think.

I Would Simply Ask Why So Many Critics, So Many Writers, So Many Philosophers Take Such Satisfaction In Professing That The Experience Of A Work Of Art Is Ineffable, That It Escapes By Definition All Rational Understanding; Why Are They So Eager To Concede Without A Struggle The Defeat Of Knowledge; And Where Does Their Irrepressible Need To Belittle Rational Understanding Come From, This Rage To Affirm The Irreducibility Of The Work Of Art, Or, To Use A More Suitable Word, Its Transcendence.

The Mind Is A Metaphor Of The World Of Objects.

Algeria Is What Allowed Me To Accept Myself.

You Cannot Cheat With The Law Of Conservation Of Violence: All Violence Is Paid For, And For Example, The Structural Violence Exerted By The Financial Markets, In The Form Of Layoffs, Loss Of Security, Etc., Is Matched Sooner Or Later In The Form Of Suicides, Crime And Delinquency, Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, A Whole Host Of Minor And Major Everyday Acts Of Violence.