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July 3, 1985

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a book by educator Neil Postman. It has been translated into eight languages and sold some 200,000 copies worldwide.

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BTTF 1985 : "Simulacra of Resistance" on social media systems - February 24, 2025 - Nikki Haley (lemm.ee)

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"Surkov turned Russian politics into a bewildering, constantly changing piece of theater. He sponsored all kinds of groups, from neo-Nazi skinheads to liberal human rights groups. He even backed parties that were opposed to President Putin." - December 31, 2014, BBC

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[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

"There are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize"

Quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Western Michigan University (18 December 1963)

I will not be adjusted to social media simulacra of resistance.

“Surkov turned Russian politics into a bewildering, constantly changing piece of theater. He sponsored all kinds of groups, from neo-Nazi skinheads to liberal human rights groups. He even backed parties that were opposed to President Putin.” - December 31, 2014, BBC The "Contradictory Vaudeville" Of Post-Modern Politics