Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle Part 3

To what degree do judicial decisions contribute to the acceptance of unpopular political decisions? Do court decisions have a greater power to legitimize than the decisions of other political institutions? Are courts perceived as more procedurally fair than other political institutions? Do perceptions of procedural fairness-be it in a court or legislative institution-contribute to the efficacy of institutional decisions?

We conclude our discussion of Guy Debord's work The Society of the Spectacle with the second half of chapter two.

We discuss the second part of chapter one of Guy Debord's work The Society of the Spectacle and address several questions raised by the writing. What does the spectacle have to do with the consumption of meat? Are cars freeing or isolating? What has happened to clubs?

We discuss the first part of chapter one of Guy Debord's work The Society of the Spectacle. What is the spectacle, and what is its relation to modern life? What is the difference between being, having, and appearing? Has Lauren seen Loki? Can Luke read his own notes? Does Morgan have a real job? All of these questions are answered in this episode.

We discuss Senator Josh Hawley's 2010 article in National Affairs titled "America's Epicurean Liberalism." Hawley argues that our current society's focus on individual freedom to the exclusion of familial, social, and national obligations arises from the 1912 presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.