Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem.
Theodor AdornoArt is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
Theodor AdornoThinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.
Theodor AdornoAll satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
Theodor Adorno