On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Matthew X wrote:
> EXTRACT from The Catastrophe of Postmodernism - Deleuze, Guattari &
> Baudrillard
> intensified to the point of shattering. Deleuze seems to share, or at least
> comes very close to, the absurdist conviction of Yoshimoto Takai that
> consumption constitutes a new form of resistance.
Not so absurd if you actually understand the point. It isn't the
consumption but rather -planned-consumption- that is a form of resistance.
In other words by -intentionally managing- consumption many can create a
political force. In other words, a business with full shelves of product
isn't listening to the market -and it's desires- whereas a business with
empty shelves -is-.
'Economics' is a form of technology, 'Supply and Demand' is simply the
way nature works. 'Supply and Demand' is not equivalent to 'Economics',
though it is the primary -natural force- driving Economics.
The distinction between a natural force and a technology is -choice-
(another way of saying 'context').
All technology has political and social consequences, natural forces
simply are.
The street has its own uses for technology.
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