Total Recall (1990) presents an escapist fantasy of political rebellion directly implanted into a worker's mind. Whether one sees a "proper uprising" in this or the suppression of its actual possibility depends on whether one looks at the spectacle of the politics or at the operation of the technology.
Snowden's leaks began in May. Ars will have begun production some time before then. And with apologies to the Cyberpunk Manifesto, it is carefully worded treaties and awesome military capability that gives America its geopolitical position in the world, not false consciousness caused by the illusion of information hegemony. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
