Re:Ivan Illich: A Forgotten Prophet Whose Time Has Come (2021)
by quacked on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:35PM
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> You can also opt out of modernity in smaller ways, decisions like not owning a car, not watching TV, and so on.
Sure, if you reduce the effects of "modernity" to only your own ability to consume goods and services. One cannot "opt out" of the degeneration of social will, or the increasing demand for control over each part of our lives by unaccountable bureaucracies.
Sure, if you reduce the effects of "modernity" to only your own ability to consume goods and services. One cannot "opt out" of the degeneration of social will, or the increasing demand for control over each part of our lives by unaccountable bureaucracies.