Excerpt: "The Simulacrum of Utopian Decay" (A.Glass 2020)

 

"...So, if we see a theory of a society clinging to an idealism of stability through two aspects

of history; 1950s and the 18th Century Utopian collectives, as portrayed in this discussion

of Utopian and the decay that it unavoidably has become. Could be seen in its reasoning,

despite the failings of the current global interaction, as a template of stability – in

comparison to Communism which did collapse in a complete manner, but, it could be said

after the so called 2008 Financial crisis, so did capitalism. If there is a desire of stability,

which as discussed in the first part of this series, it also adheres to the ‘nuclear’ family

traditionalism and practical consumption. Only in reflection of the golden era after World

War Two, which was not just confined to Capitalism, but also Communism, as most

developed countries all experienced what the French at the time called Trente Glorieuses

(Glorious 30 years) which ended in the early 1970s through the variants of economic crisis

thereafter. However this synchronized boom resonated throughout those 30 years, as a

spectral imprint from over 70 years ago, also being recopied into a Simulacrum in the 21st

Century. Fused with the Utopian aspects, over 200 years ago, through the interconnected

digital networks..."

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Excerpt:  "The Simulacrum of Utopian Decay" (A.Glass 2020)