Quote by Herbert Marcuse
Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establis

Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another. – Herbert Marcuse

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The people recognize themselves in their commodities they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. – Herbert Marcuse

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The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it. – Herbert Marcuse

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