The spectacle is the opposite of dialogue. It is the image of the world’s monologue. It is the monologue of the self which takes itself as its own object: the spectacle is the dream of a self which is both perceiving and perceived, speaking and spoken to, at once effect and cause, both object and subject.
This is a totally original wording from the AI and is a legitimately good explanation of the spectacle.
It also shows the conflict between spectacular society and dialectical society. A spectacular society is a monologue, it's inherently authoritarian and lacks any dialecical solution to crises. Which is why the US is such a braindead society. There's an inability of spectacular citizens to think dialectically.
This is a totally original wording from the AI and is a legitimately good explanation of the spectacle.
It also shows the conflict between spectacular society and dialectical society. A spectacular society is a monologue, it's inherently authoritarian and lacks any dialecical solution to crises. Which is why the US is such a braindead society. There's an inability of spectacular citizens to think dialectically.
That was my favorite part