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The spectacle presents itself as an enormous, indisputable and inaccessible positivity. It says nothing more than "what appears is good; what is good appears."

-- Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle

It is not really clear in the end whether this 'cool' smile is the smile of humour or that of commercial complicity. This is also the case with pop, and its smile ultimately encapsulates all its ambiguity: it is not the smile of critical distance, but the smile of collusion.

-- Jean Baudrillard, The Consumer Society

Yes; it's pretty obvious to everyone Nope; you play the nice sidekick You fall somewhere in the middle

"A uniter, not a divider"..."We can disagree without being disagreeable"..."The nation is polarized; we need to come together"..."We all want the same things: good schools for our kids, safe streets, affordable healthcare"... 

-- by Tim Ruggiero