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PRODUCTION SY/EM'S COMMODIFI$ TIME4 ,IT EXHIBITS ! LATT]'S ESS5TIAL TRAITS3 HOMOG5\S EX*ANGEABLE UNITS & SUPPRESSION ( ANY QUALITATIVE DIM5SION4 ,BUT AS A BYPRODUCT ( COMMODIFI$ TIME :OSE FUNCTION IS TO PROMOTE & MA9TA9 ! BACKW>DNESS ( EV]YDAY LIFE1 IT IS LOAD$ ) PSEUDOVALORIZATIONS & MANIFE/S ITSELF AS A SUCCESSION ( PSEUDO9DIVIDUALIZ$ MOM5TS4 #ae ,PSEUDOCYCLICAL TIME IS ASSOCIAT$ ) ! CONSUMPTION ( MOD]N ECONOMIC SURVIVAL -- ! AUGM5T$ SURVIVAL 9 :I* EV]YDAY EXP]I5CE IS CUT (F FROM DECISIONMAK+ & SUBJECT$ NO LONG] TO ! NATURAL ORD]1 BUT TO ! PSEUDO-NATURE CREAT$ BY ALI5AT$ LABOR4 ,IT IS ?US QUITE NATURAL ?AT IT E*OES ! OLD CYCLICAL RHY?M ?AT GOV]N$ SURVIVAL 9 PRE9DU/RIAL SOCIETIES1 9CORPORAT+ ! NATURAL VE/IGES ( CYCLICAL TIME :ILE G5]AT+ NEW V>IANTS3 DAY & NIY SOCIETIES HAD DIFF]5TIAT$ 9TO PRIVATE LIFE1 ECONOMIC LIFE1 & POLITICAL LIFE4 ,! 5TIRE CONSUMABLE TIME ( MOD]N SOCIETY 5DS UP BE+ TREAT$ AS A RAW MAT]IAL = V>I\S NEW PRODUCTS PUT ON ! 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BROAD] S5SE AS IMAGE ( ! CONSUMPTION ( TIME4 ,! TIME SP5T CONSUM+ IMAGES 7IMAGES :I* 9 TURN S]VE TO PUBLICIZE ALL ! O!R COMMODITIES7 IS BO? ! P>TICUL> T]RA9 :]E ! SPECTACLE'S ME*ANISMS >E MO/ FULLY IMPLEM5T$ & ! G5]AL GOAL ?AT ?OSE ME*ANISMS PRES5T1 ! FOCUS & EPITOME ( ALL P>TICUL> CONSUMPTIONS4 ,?US1 ! TIME ?AT MOD]N SOCIETY IS CON/ANTLY SEEK+ TO 0SAVE0 BY 9CREAS+ TRANSPORTATION SPE$S OR US+ PACKAG$ S\PS 5DS UP BE+ SP5T BY ! AV]AGE ,AM]ICAN 9 WAT*+ TELEVISION ?REE TO SIX H\RS A DAY4 ,AS = ! SOCIAL IMAGE ( ! CONSUMPTION ( TIME1 IT IS EXCLUSIVELY DOM9AT$ BY LEISURE TIME & VACATIONS -- MOM5TS PORTRAY$1 LIKE ALL SPECTACUL> COMMODITIES1 AT A DI/ANCE & AS DESIRABLE BY DEF9ITION4 ,!SE COMMODIFI$ MOM5TS >E EXPLICITLY PRES5T$ AS MOM5TS ( REAL LIFE :OSE CYCLICAL RETURN WE >E SUPPOS$ TO LOOK =W>D TO4 ,BUT ALL ?AT IS REALLY HAPP5+ IS ?AT ! SPECTACLE IS DISPLAY+ & REPRODUC+ ITSELF AT A HI<] LEVEL ( 9T5SITY4 ,:AT IS PRES5T$ AS TRUE LIFE TURNS \T TO BE M]ELY A MORE TRULY SPECTACUL> LIFE4 #a$ ,AL?\< ! PRES5T AGE PRES5TS ITSELF AS A S]IES ( FREQU5TLY RECURR+ FE/IVITIES1 IT IS AN AGE ?AT KN[S NO?+ ( REAL FE/IVALS4 ,! MOM5TS )9 CYCLICAL TIME :5 MEMB]S ( A COMMUNITY JO9$ TOGE!R 9 A LUXURI\S EXP5DITURE ( LIFE >E IMPOSSIBLE = A SOCIETY ?AT LACKS BO? COMMUNITY & LUXURY4 ,ITS VULG>IZ$ PSEUD(E/IVALS >E P>ODIES ( REAL DIALOGUE & GIFT-GIV+2 !Y MAY 9CITE WAVES ( EXCESSIVE ECONOMIC SP5D+1 BUT !Y LEAD TO NO?+ BUT DISILLUSIONM5TS1 :I* CAN BE COMP5SAT$ ONLY BY ! PROMISE ( SOME NEW DISILLUSION TO COME4 ,! LESS USE VALUE IS PRES5T 9 ! TIME ( MOD]N SURVIVAL1 ! MORE HI TIME IS ! ILLUSORILY LIV$ TIME ( A CON/ANTLY *ANG+ REALITY4 #aef ,! PRODUCTION PROCESS'S CON/ANT 9NOVATIONS >E NOT E*O$ 9 CONSUMPTION1 :I* PRES5TS NO?+ BUT AN EXP&$ REPETITION ( ! PA/4 ,BECAUSE DEAD LABOR CONT9UES TO DOM9ATE LIV+ LABOR1 9 SPECTACUL> TIME ! 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