Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

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.

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...

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

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

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

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.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

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 whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to...

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

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...

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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....

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

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