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How do we feel about the situationists? (youtu.be)

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Back in 1973, Rene Vienet, a member of the Situationist International, detourned an entire kung fu film, making “Can Dialectics Break Bricks?” Worth a watch if you have the time.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I have been reading a book about them recently, so I have some feelings. On a general level, they were revolutionary socialists opposed to dictatorships like Soviet Union and China, so basically the good type of socialist if you ask me. It seems that they generally were critical of state as a concept, although I am not sure how critical exactly.

On a more specific level, their theory of spectacle is quite hard to understand for me for some reason, but I think it basically says that the society makes us passive consumers of commodities and propaganda, which seems like a reasonable criticism.

Also, reading about them has strengthened my wish to found an anarchist avant garde art collective.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Can't be arsed to get bogged down by anarchist theory word salad or watch kung fu movies, but to ask "How do we feel about [...]" in an anarchist community seems a little ironic to me. As an anarchist I don't really want to have to care about how others think I should feel about something.

If anyone wants to give an ELI5 to an old and tired punk about who the situationists are or were I'm happy to listen, and I might even let you know how I feel about them ...