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Instead, the capacity to move on quickly without forming lasting attachments is a skill that the contemporary capitalist world inculcates and relies upon.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":9},3816025,"No ideology better understands the need for enemies than neoconservatism, and when the cold war dramatically and unexpectedly ended, the way was prepared for the 'Arab threat' to emerge. 'True Lies,' the 1994 James Cameron comedy thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, duly served up the Arab villain Salim Abu Aziz.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":33,"quote_text":34,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":35,"source":36,"quote_tag":37,"commentary":9},3816023,"There is no right to not be offended, nor should there be.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":39,"quote_text":40,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":41,"source":42,"quote_tag":43,"commentary":9},3816021,"Picnic at Hanging Rock' is the exemplary study of disapparition in cinema - I know of no other major film which deals with unexplained disappearance.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":45,"quote_text":46,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":47,"source":48,"quote_tag":49,"commentary":9},3816018,"The 1890s was perhaps the most Gothic decade ever: 'Dracula,' 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The Time Machine,' not to mention 'Heart of Darkness' and 'The Interpretation of Dreams,' were all written between 1890 and 1899.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":51,"quote_text":52,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":53,"source":54,"quote_tag":55,"commentary":56},3816016,"I'm not sure that Liberation Theology has ever satisfactorily resolved the tensions between Marxism's 'social naturalism' (the claim that all beliefs have their origins in social practice) and religion's supernaturalism (the claims that its beliefs are underwritten by divine will).",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nMark Fisher, a British author and cultural critic, likely penned this quote in the context of his interests in Marxist theory and its intersections with theology. His work often grappled with the tensions between ideological systems and the human experiences they aim to explain. This particular quote may have originated from his book \"Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?\", which critiques the ways in which capitalism has colonized our imagination and stifled our potential for collective action.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a fundamental paradox at the heart of Liberation Theology: the struggle to reconcile the humanist, materialist underpinnings of Marxism with the transcendent, spiritual claims of religious belief. By highlighting the tension between social naturalism and supernaturalism, Fisher is pointing to the difficulty of reconciling the immanent (socially constructed) and the transcendent (beyond human control).\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn modern terms, this paradox can be applied to the challenge of reconciling our own creative ambitions with the demands of the marketplace. Rather than trying to fit our artistic or intellectual endeavors into pre-existing categories or ideologies, we can acknowledge the tension between our individual aspirations and the structural constraints that shape our world. By embracing this tension, we can create space for innovative, boundary-pushing work that resists easy categorization and challenges the status quo.",{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},3816013,"The point is always made that capitalism is efficient, people say 'You might not like it, but it works.' But Britain is not efficient.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":64,"quote_text":65,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":66,"source":67,"quote_tag":68,"commentary":69},3816012,"The arrival of 'Star Wars' signalled the full absorption of the former counterculture into a new mainstream.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely attributed to Mark Fisher, a British cultural theorist and author. It is from his book \"Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?\", published in 2009. At that time, Fisher was critiquing the ways in which mainstream culture had co-opted the ideals of the counterculture, particularly the 1960s and 1970s.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe hidden insight in this quote lies in its critique of the way in which radical ideas can become absorbed and watered down by mainstream culture. Fisher is pointing out that the arrival of \"Star Wars\" marked a moment when the ideals of the counterculture, such as rebellion and nonconformity, were co-opted and transformed into a marketable product, thereby losing their subversive potential.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider how the ideas and values you hold dear may be co-opted and diluted by mainstream culture. Be mindful of the ways in which your creative work or activism may be absorbed and commercialized, and be prepared to continually re-evaluate and refine your ideas in order to maintain their radical potential.",{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3816010,"The fact that the 1984 cold war film 'Red Dawn' has been remade is more than just another sign of Hollywood declining into pastiche and repetition. It shows that, in a moment of deep capitalist crisis, the Red Peril is back.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":9},3816007,"We once turned to popular culture because it produced fantasy objects; now, we are asked to 'identify with' the fantasising subject itself.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":83,"totalPages":84,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":85},1,14,10]