Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

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In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

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Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

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Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

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The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.

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Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

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Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.

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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.

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The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

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The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

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