All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...