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Human Beings Today Are Surrounded By Huge Institutions We Can Never Penetrate: The City, The Banking System, Political And Advertising Conglomerates, Vast Entertainment Enterprises. They've Made Themselves User Friendly, But They Define The Tastes To Which We Conform. They're Rather Subtle, Subservient Tyrants, But No Less Sinister For That.

There Is A British Pop Group Called God. At A Recent Book Signing The Lead Singer Introduced Himself And Gave Me A Cassette. I Have Heard The Voice Of God.

I Suspect That Many Of The Great Cultural Shifts That Prepare The Way For Political Change Are Largely Aesthetic. A Buick Radiator Grille Is As Much A Political Statement As A Rolls Royce Radiator Grille, One Enshrining A Machine Aesthetic Driven By A Populist Optimism, The Other Enshrining A Hierarchical And Exclusive Social Order.

Selfish Men Make The Best Lovers. They're Prepared To Invest In The Women's Pleasures So That They Can Collect An Even Bigger Dividend For Themselves.

I Suspect That Many Of The Great Cultural Shifts That Prepare The Way For Political Change Are Largely Aesthetic.