“The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates - the inhabitants of the marketing zones in the consumer society, television audiences and news magazine readerships, who vote with money at the cash counter rather than with ballot paper at the polling boot. These huge and passive electorates are wide open to any opportunist using the psychological weaponry of fear and anxiety, elements that are carefully blanched out of the world of domestic products and consumer software.”
Quote by J. G. Ballard
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J. G. Ballard
J.G. Ballard was a prominent British novelist known for his unique science fiction and post-apocalyptic themes. His works often explore technology, consumerism, and human psychology, having a profound impact on subsequent literature and cinema. more
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