{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Context XXI","provider_url":"http:\/\/contextxxi.org","title":"Basic Banalities (II)\n","author_name":"Ken Knabb (translation) \u25aa \nRaoul Vaneigem","width":"1200","height":"800","url":"https:\/\/licra.at\/basic-banalities-ii.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/licra.at\/basic-banalities-ii.html'\u003EBasic Banalities (II)\n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E[(Summary of Part 1\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe vast majority of people have always had to devote all their energy to SURVIVAL, thereby denying themselves any chance to LIVE. They continue to do so today as the WELFARE STATE imposes the elements of this survival in the form of technological conveniences (appliances, preserved food, prefabricated cities, Mozart broadcast for the masses).\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what could potentially enable us \u003Ca href=\"..\/basic-banalities-ii.html\" class=' pts_suite'\u003E(...)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}