its design as by its original destination, the car is a luxury good. And luxury, in essence, cannot be democratized: if everyone has access to luxury, no one benefits from it; on the contrary: everyone cheats, frustrates and dispossesses others and is cheated, frustrated and dispossessed by them.
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- ... By its design as by its original destination, the car is a luxury good. And luxury, in essence, cannot be democratized: if everyone has access to luxury, no one benefits from it; on the contrary: everyone cheats, frustrates and dispossesses others and is cheated, frustrated and dispossessed by them.
- author: Andre Gorz
- date: Sept. 25, 2023
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publication: Terrestrial
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- insightful comment reveals an adjacency between luxury and democracy that is obvious in hindsight, but missed seeing in foresight!
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adjacency between:
- luxury
- democracy
- adjacency statement
- luxury is, by definition a premium artefact so by definition is beyond the reach of most people. It is therefore un-democratic by design.