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“If loyalty is, and always has been, perceived as obsolete, why do we continue to praise it? Because loyalty is essential to the most basic things that make life livable. Without loyalty there can be no love. Without loyalty there can be no family. Without loyalty there can be no friendship. Without loyalty there can be no commitment to community or country. And without those things, there can be no society.”

Book:Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue

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Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue

This book delves into the multifaceted nature of loyalty, exploring its role and implications in personal relationships, professional settings, and societal structures. It examines the challenges and dilemmas that arise when loyalty is tested, and the consequences of its pursuit or betrayal. more

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Eric Felten

Eric Felten is an American author born in 1964. His work spans various fields, including political, cultural, and social commentary. Felten is known for his unique perspective and profound insights, with his articles frequently published in prominent media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal. more

“Our modern, rootless times do seem to be a particularly inhospitable environment for loyalty. We come and go so relentlessly that our friendships can't but come and go too. What sort of loyalty is there in the age of Facebook, when friendship is a costless transaction, a business of flip reciprocity.... Friendship held together by nothing more permanent than hyperlinks is hardly the stuff of selfless fidelity.”

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Author:Eric Felten

“The only true test of loyalty is fidelity in the face of ruin and despair.”

Faces Despair Tests Loyalty Ruins Fidelity

Book:Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue

Source: Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue

“If television once could be seen as ranking among a number of vehicles for conveying expression or information from which we could choose, we no longer have that choice: the televisual has become an intrinsic and determining element of our cultural formation.”

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Book:Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture

Source: Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture

“In theatre, presence is the matrix of power; the postmodern theatre of resistance must therefore both expose the collusion of presence with authority and resist such collusion by refusing to establish itself as the charismatic Other.”