I think it originates with Baudrillard. I teach about it. I think it gets some cachet @arthur_affect @Kalindlara @mermaidofhyrule
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@BootlegGirl@Kalindlara@mermaidofhyrule Great you've disproven everything, now what do you do with your life, write bleak poetry?2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes -
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They really should have cast Jonathan Franzen as the ultimate Architect form
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@BootlegGirl@Kalindlara@mermaidofhyrule The Architect is totally the radical activist's nasty stereotype of the Foucault-loving academic2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
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> to agree with the Artifact, but in the end he's as ignorant as anyone.
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@BootlegGirl@Kalindlara@mermaidofhyrule The Architect thinks the Oracle's idea of agency is meaningless yet his Matrix doesn't work w/o it1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@BootlegGirl@Kalindlara@mermaidofhyrule The Architect yelling at kids on his lawn "Why do you keep thinking your actions matter? Stop it!"5 replies 2 retweets 3 likes -
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Very white, American, etc.
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@BootlegGirl@Kalindlara@mermaidofhyrule Architect's tiny room being the stifling ivory tower of the know-it-all who sees through it all2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
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It's also a literal panopticon except that he doesn't understand how the prisoners work
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@BootlegGirl @Kalindlara @mermaidofhyrule Architect's choice to deny that choices and agency exist means he can't really see anything
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