"To elaborate, the discourse of a social media revolution is a form of self-focused empathy in which...": "
“To elaborate, the discourse of a social media revolution is a form of self-focused empathy in which we imagine the other (in this case, a Muslim other) to be nothing more than a projection of our own desires, a depoliticized instant in our own becoming. What a strong affirmation of ourselves it is to believe that people engaged in a desperate struggle for human dignity are using the same Web 2.0 products we are using! That we are able to form this empathy largely on the basis of consumerism demonstrates the extent to which we have bought into the notion that democracy is a by-product of media products for self-expression, and that the corporations that create such media products would never side with governments against their own people.”
Via Tower of Sleep
- THIS THIS THIS. Click through and read the rest - there are some important reflections here.
From “The Twitter Revolution Must Die” (via modernandmaterialthings)
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