As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated by the myth of success even more than the successful are. Immovably, they insist on the very ideology which enslaves them. The misplaced love of the common people for the wrong which is done to them is a greater force than the cunning of the authorities.
He who integrates is lost. - Theodor Adorno
He who integrates is lost.
- Theodor Adorno
Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality. - Theodor Adorno
Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.
The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers feel compelled to buy and use its products even though they see through them. - Theodor Adorno
The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers feel compelled to buy and use its products even though they see through them.
Fear and destructiveness are the major emotional sources of fascism, eros belongs mainly to democracy. - Theodor Adorno
Fear and destructiveness are the major emotional sources of fascism, eros belongs mainly to democracy.
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. - Theodor Adorno
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.
The creed of evil has been, since the beginnings of highly industrialized society, not only a precursor of barbarism but a mask of good. The worth of… - Theodor Adorno
The creed of evil has been, since the beginnings of highly industrialized society, not only a precursor of barbarism but a mask of good. The worth of…
Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. - Theodor Adorno
Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.
People know what they want because they know what other people want. - Theodor Adorno
People know what they want because they know what other people want.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
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