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Covert Totalitarianism
- Marcuse suggests advanced monopoly capitalism subtly controls everything, creating a clever totalitarian system.
- He questions how we'd recognize such a system and if we'd even notice its influence.
Culture Industry as Propaganda
- The culture industry shapes our worldview, much like propaganda, by delivering simplified, distorted realities.
- This caters to our desire for easy consumption and validation, not objective truth.
Government and Capitalism
- The Frankfort School challenges the idea of separate public and private sectors under monopoly capitalism.
- They argue government intervention props up capitalism, masking its failures and creating dependence.