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Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control

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Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control
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RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control
February 10, 2023 at 11:41 am
(February 10, 2023 at 4:09 am)Belacqua Wrote: Jacques Barzun defined "decadence" as:

“economic stagnation, institutional decay, and cultural and intellectual exhaustion at a high level of material prosperity and technological development.”

Well then.  It must be so if old JB said it.
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Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control

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Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Leonardo17 - January 20, 2023 at 7:50 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Belacqua - January 20, 2023 at 8:41 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by arewethereyet - January 20, 2023 at 10:50 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Anomalocaris - January 20, 2023 at 12:12 pm
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by brewer - January 20, 2023 at 11:57 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Objectivist - January 21, 2023 at 10:38 pm
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Anomalocaris - January 21, 2023 at 10:57 pm
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by GrandizerII - January 22, 2023 at 8:45 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Leonardo17 - February 9, 2023 at 6:34 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Belacqua - February 9, 2023 at 7:56 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Anomalocaris - February 10, 2023 at 11:11 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Belacqua - February 10, 2023 at 4:09 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by arewethereyet - February 10, 2023 at 11:41 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Anomalocaris - February 10, 2023 at 11:16 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Silver - February 10, 2023 at 11:17 am
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by h4ym4n - February 10, 2023 at 12:55 pm
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Anomalocaris - February 10, 2023 at 12:21 pm
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Anomalocaris - February 10, 2023 at 1:44 pm
RE: Ugliness as a Tool of Social Control - by Goosebump - April 1, 2023 at 5:33 am

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