Failure Is Freedom

Sh*t on Your Whole Imaginary and Symbolic Theater! Giles Deleuze

https://www.martinessig.com Season 1 Episode 8

I am continuing to try to develop the concept of an "authentic performance." My generation set up a false opposition between authenticity and performance, and the resulting failure didn't lead to freedom but to a regular-ass failure. I go on a not-to-be-missed rant about this failure to get free in this episode whose target is Generation X in general, but also me specifically. The generation that was defined by its quest for authenticity, mostly just collapsed into a bunch of sell-outs calling out sell-outs until it was undeniable that our whole generation had sold-out. It was more fun when we could point the finger at the sell-out boomers who had capitalized on the "free love" and cultural production of their so called "revolution." And so, it is incredible to me to see Generation X memes popping up all over social media promoting our generation as the last "real" generation. Time to end this fantasy once and for all. 

Baddass vibes mixed by James Reeves of Midnight Radio: jamesreeves.co

Elements of Armando - Land of Confusion, and Levon Vincent - Late Night Jams decelerated and run through the midnight echo chamber.

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