The Pervasiveness of Technology in the Culture Industry

MGM is different than other forms of political power or economic power that have existed before, he says. While there is something top-down about MGM, it's not quite the same thing as a monarch sitting above and saying, you're going to do X, Y, and Z. It's more that those who have power in the culture industry, they maintain their power by viewing everyone as consumers,. Everything is replaceable, and every worker as fungible; that activity itself is what's corrupting.