on Tue, 15 Jan 2002 Jon Leidecker told me:
>seems to be a friction between the fact that people are enjoying it as
>'illegal' behavior when increasingly, to a degree, it's mandated. But
ha! but that's the way our whole culture works now! Jon I
thought you'd read "Commodify Your Dissent" and "Conquest of
Cool", not too mention tons of Adorno...
people love rebellion, love the thrill of transgression. not
only do they love it but they're told to love it, and buy it. and
even the cultural workers who think they're so different and
subversive are selling it (which is why that Coil ad I mentioned
exists).
smh
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