Published in 1985, Don DeLillo’s White Noise depicted a US blinded by consumerism. Ahead of Netflix’s adaptation of the novel, it’s worth revisiting

[basquebromance]

The brilliance of the book is that I feel like it could have been written after any major event in this country

We’re Still Living in Don DeLillo’s White Noise

Published in 1985, Don DeLillo’s White Noise depicted an America blinded by consumerism. Ahead of Netflix’s adaptation of the novel, it’s worth revisiting DeLillo’s masterpiece, which remains one of our most perceptive visions of contemporary America.

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[fncceo]

People have always been "blinded" by consumerism.

For most of human history, just finding enough to consume to stay alive was a daily struggle.

We are biologically imbued with the need to acquire.

That need to acquire is responsible for every advance in human civilization from the invention of fire.

 

[Mac-7]

The brilliance of the book is that I feel like it could have been written after any major event in this country

We’re Still Living in Don DeLillo’s White Noise

Published in 1985, Don DeLillo’s White Noise depicted an America blinded by consumerism. Ahead of Netflix’s adaptation of the novel, it’s worth revisiting DeLillo’s masterpiece, which remains one of our most perceptive visions of contemporary America.

jacobin.com

Is Jack a Christian?

Of course not

Liberals dont hold with anything bigger than themselves

So naturally Jack feels an emptiness that the latest iPhone 27 cant fill