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Guy Debord’s ”Society of Spectacle” (Part 1/2)

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The Proletarianization of the World

The spectacles propensity for global expansion signals the proletarianization of the world as it reflects economic exploitation. We see a general globalization of values where people are watching shows from like, I like to think about this in terms of the English language, just being spoken everywhere. The spectacle is the system that will encourage people to be buying cars or telephones so they don't actually have to go outside. They can just watch TV to know what's going on outside.

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