“ The semi-iconic photo of a couple making out in the street as the world burns reinforces the impression that the riot was primarily a stage set for striking images of quirky individuals expressing their dynamism in the streets rather than challenging anything about the existing order. Rioting, we learn from these images, is mainly about getting good souvenirs of one’s participation.”
Rob Horning on the Vancouver Riots.
Read the whole thing. The closing point is a pitch-perfect insight for this era:
I think there is something generally applicable about this apparent contradiction, in that we apparently enjoy the perks of self-surveillance and exhibitionism as emblems of our spontaneity enough to forget how they may eventually be used against us.
Source: popmatters.com
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