
Alienation
Why Theory
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The Big Other Does Not Exist, Right?
The lines on the floor function as a way to hide or – they try to convince us that the big other really exists, right? Like somebody's got this plague under control and can portion out the places where we need to stand. But when you – but I invest – I – there must be a subject supposed to know. No one knows where to stand. There is no subject except for so now. It's easy to be like, oh yeah, the big other who does not exist. That actually is more conducive to separation than this mantra the big other doesn't exist.
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