If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

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...

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

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

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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

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

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.