Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea. Guy Debord authorembraceerase share on social
Behind the masks of total choice, different forms of the same alienation confront each other. Guy Debord alienationchoiceconfront Change image and share on social
There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter. Guy Debord capablecenterchatter share on social
Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. Guy Debord boredomcounterrevolutionary Change image and share on social
In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. Guy Debord accumulationconditiondirectly share on social
Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit. Guy Debord allowchoosedisposal Change image and share on social
Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. Guy Debord beliefignoranceobscurantist Change image and share on social
All that was once directly lived has become mere representation. Guy Debord directlylivemere Change image and share on social
Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal. Guy Debord banalcirculationconsider Change image and share on social
As specialists of apparent life, stars serve as superficial objects that people can identify with in order to compensate for the fragmented productive specialisations that they actually live. Guy Debord apparentcompensatefragment Change image and share on social
