The highest degree of consciousness, the crassest form of ‘false consciousness’ always manifests itself when the conscious mastery of economic phenomena appears to be at its greatest.
~ György Lukács
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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
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When the rich make war, it’s the poor that die.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
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DVD Finds
U2 – Live at Red Rocks
U2 – Live at Red Rocks
Under a Blood Red Sky
Found this at a DVD store near Merlin Otello’s place in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Donald Trump’s rabid animosity energised The Apprentice. The show’s ethos was supposedly aspirational, but success proved less telegenic than the gloating spectacle of failure: at the climax of every episode he eliminated losers by abusively booming: “You’re fired!” This catchphrase became a clarion call.
~ Peter Conrad via The Guardian
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A picture speaks 1000 words
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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From a very early stage the ideological history of the bourgeoisie was nothing but a desperate resistance to every insight into the true nature of the society it had created.
~ György Lukács
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Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
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Rare Clothing Finds
Tilley Travel Dress Pants
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Men are made of the dust of the earth.
~ Cormac McCarthy
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