least objection.
extremely funny/ironic considering the absurdity of his proprosal
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calculate
Indicates the amount of planning that went into his plan by giving actual figures and estimates under which the plan would work
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maturely weighed the several schemes of other projectors,
Indication of deliberation on this idea and still finding it to be the best solution, complete inversion of morals
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very far from being confined
Hinting at a larger, grandiose plan that makes the twist more impactful with the realization that this only means more kids will be eaten
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IT IS a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town
Setting up the expectation in the reader that Swift will make some profound and sympathetic argument for the uplift of these people makes the later twist so effective
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which roasted whole will make a considerable figure at a lord mayor’s feast or any other public entertainment.
The absurdity of presenting a dead child for a decorative platter at some event for the rich perfectly encapsulates this satire's criticism of the neglect of the poor by the rich
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- Feb 2023
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But at the same time mechanisation has such power over a man’s leisure and happiness, and so profoundly determines the manufacture of amusement goods, that his experiences are inevitably after-images of the work process itself.
The modern leisure seems a bit sad then, if we are only subject to enjoy what is described as a dull process of replication for creating media.
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hit songs, stars, and soap operas
These examples are a bit cynical, especially considering the diversity that is valued in current year. Although I do think the claim has some merit
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In addition there is the agreement – or at least the determination – of all executive authorities not to produce or sanction anything that in any way differs from their own rules, their own ideas about consumers, or above all themselves.
Today, there also exists a fear of going against popular narratives and incurring the wrath of entities such as cancel culture
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They are confined to the apocryphal field of the “amateur,” and also have to accept organisation from above.
I do think it can be argued that in many cases where this applies, some amateur gems does not justify giving an audience to ALL amateur producers, and though it may be bottlenecked, the talented producers can still find a way towards larger audiences.
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first place on consumers’ needs, and for that reason were accepted with so little resistance.
Today, it is the opposite, where consumer's perceived needs are shaped by popular culture.
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. The truth that they are just business is made into an ideology in order to justify the rubbish they deliberately produce.
It's both sad and fascinating that this trend has continued to grow form the time of this piece's publishing in 1944 to even today, as the entertainment industry is flooded with garbage intended to sate the minds of impatient consumers.
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- Jan 2023
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it is the space in which no language prevails over any other, where the languages circulate
The implication seems to be that the text does not remain trapped within the confines of a language, but that seems to make it completely inaccessible to a base people
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that one cannot, today, write “like that”
not with that attitude!
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to be bored means one cannot produce the text, play it, release it, make it go.
The shift towards favoring reading over writing being responsible for boredom is an interesting idea, but unsure if I agree
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the Text is what is situated at the limit of the rules of the speech-act
The assumption that the 'text' exists at some arbitrary limit of human linguistics and comprehension rationalizes Barthes' inability and unwillingness to give the 'text' a formal definition
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the work is held in the hand, the text is held in language
By first defining the 'text' to be abstract rather than computable or concrete, Barthes seems to relinquish the responsibility of defining its attributes, and can only describe the 'text' by defining what it isn't and juxtaposing the tangible work with the arbitrary idea of the 'text', which seems to reduce his entire theory down to contrived semantics
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inscribes himself there as one of his characters
The author's loss of possession over his own work seemingly elevates this abstract idea of the text beyond something ownable by human domain, which seems to be an extension of his inability to actually define what he means by "Text" in the first place
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