Candidate Ro-Man on the nature of the Spectacle

[jack_babalon]

"My disinterest neither confirms or denys the spectacle" -A piece of graffetti I saw being spoken by a cartoon mouse spray painted over a car ad.



"The site of politics in ancient societies was the public space (the town square, village center). Today, the public image replaces the public space. Television has become the forum of all emotions and opinions. One votes watching the t.v....Immediacy, ubiquity, omnivoyance are the elements of the politics of tomorrow. For the time being, no one can have control in real time....All distances are reduced to zero...Is politics possible when it is communicated at the speed of light? Politics is that which requires time for reflection? Today, no one anymore has time to reflect. The things one sees have already happened. Is it possible for a democracy to exist in real time?"
- Jean Baudrillard, The Evil Demon of Images,
(Sydney: Power Institute of Fine Arts, 1990)


That's why I'm voting for Candidate:RO-MAN! The Gorilla with a TV for a head! What other political choice is there for me really in an age where everything has been reduced to discursive constructionism! I honestly see no other choice.


"Candidate Ro-Man, do you agree with DeBord when he says that "The spectacle is not a collection of images; it is a social relation between people that is mediated by images?"
"GRRRR Ro-Man Kill puny NPR reporter and then mate with B-Movie actress argh!"

Comments

[ninsun.livejournal.com]

that is a really neat piccie at the top.