Capitalism is an inherent system that is built on subjugating the lower class and having the upper class on top. It is built to dominate and control other classes. However, this only works with the consent of the lower class. Hence why the elites need to constantly be asserting and justifying their dominance over the classes.
Free Time, according to Adorno, is a parody of itself. The unfree people are unaware of this process as they are of the unfreedom itself.” (93, Reader). Therefore people either do not know that they not free, or are too helpless to make a change that they succumbed to empty to entertainment to fill their “empty/free” time. This is where they mindlessly infatuated in order to kill time. If the people in question were free, then they would not have the free time, it would not exist. They would not have to be free from something. Because there is a schedule assigned, the employees time is but he belittles. If the elites own your time, then they own …show more content…
The War of Position will eventually become the War of Movement. As Gramsci says, “only politics creates the possibility for movement,” (110, Reader). To unpack this statement, one must see what Gramsci indirectly stated. He said, that the elites must constantly dominate another other to remain at the top of the hegemonic power. That means, the elites are currently controlling the population's actions and restricting their freedom to their liking. This is possible because the subjugated class gives their consent., whether it be willingly or unknowingly. Previously, Adorno stated that freedom was restricted from the population for so long that they no longer value freedom, or rather do not know what to do. This is where Gramsci says that the hegemony, the domineering and subjugating relationship is so entrenched in the lives of people that a War of Position is needed to make a
Free Time, according to Adorno, is a parody of itself. The unfree people are unaware of this process as they are of the unfreedom itself.” (93, Reader). Therefore people either do not know that they not free, or are too helpless to make a change that they succumbed to empty to entertainment to fill their “empty/free” time. This is where they mindlessly infatuated in order to kill time. If the people in question were free, then they would not have the free time, it would not exist. They would not have to be free from something. Because there is a schedule assigned, the employees time is but he belittles. If the elites own your time, then they own …show more content…
The War of Position will eventually become the War of Movement. As Gramsci says, “only politics creates the possibility for movement,” (110, Reader). To unpack this statement, one must see what Gramsci indirectly stated. He said, that the elites must constantly dominate another other to remain at the top of the hegemonic power. That means, the elites are currently controlling the population's actions and restricting their freedom to their liking. This is possible because the subjugated class gives their consent., whether it be willingly or unknowingly. Previously, Adorno stated that freedom was restricted from the population for so long that they no longer value freedom, or rather do not know what to do. This is where Gramsci says that the hegemony, the domineering and subjugating relationship is so entrenched in the lives of people that a War of Position is needed to make a