![]() ![]() HEELS= Shoe heels, design to make you look taller ( see picture)ĮVERYBODY LOOK= This is an imperative form (otherwise, if it were a present tense it should be "everybody looks"). Here it is giving emphasis to the word "mysterious". So bring back the beat and then everyone singĭAMN= An emphatic word (sometimes a bit rude but not here). So we gon keep everyone moving their feet Waiting to see this in the sign of defeat uh uh We do this for the love so we fight and sacrifice everynight Its like this man, you can't put a price on the life Yeah we leaping across these undefeatable odds Moreover, if transcend our obsession to money then we will be able to forget the “Price Tags” of things and make the world dance.Just give me six strings and a half stackĪnd its with in 30 seconds I'm leaving to Mars To conclude, if we are able to emancipate ourselves from the enslavement of modernity and consumerism then we enjoy and live life to the fullest. And in so doing we will be able to break free from the chains of consumerism. Critical thinking emancipates us, and thus enables us to distinguish our genuine needs from the false needs imposed to us. By critical thinking, this means the rejection or reversal of that which strongly prevails. For Marcuse, emancipation negates the prevailing social order characterized by technological domination and consumerism. Marcuse also proposed that we should abolished one-dimensional thought, namely technological rationality. The lyrics in the chorus argued that we have to develop a wider perspective and critical thinking in dealing with the present situations. “Everybody looks to their left, everybody looks to their right” We are being controlled and slave by the prevailing social standard. Our obsession to money, to acquire more wealth in order to buy things which are not necessary or the so called false needs is rooted in consumerism. In its Official Music Video in “youtube” Jessie J (the singer) in one of its scene, she portrayed as Marionette (a puppet moved by strings) symbolized being controlled. “Why are we so obsessed money can’t buy us happiness” In the end, Marcuse said the result of rampart consumerism would be increased mental illness and environmental degradation. ![]() But the fun was purchased at a high price namely the need to work ever longer and harder to provide the means to buy these goods. Speeding in one’s car, using Ipods, tablets, and laptops which provide a handy comfort entertainment, and watching movies in 3D cinemas were all fun. It can be related to the lyrics in the song which goes like this “Why is everybody so serious acting so damn mysterious… that you can't even have a good time.” Thus it is reflected on the lyrics of the song “Seems like everybody's got a price I wonder how they sleep at night when the sale comes first and the truth comes second.”Ĭapitalism provides us with false needs and does it require us to exert more labor in order to gain more income and in effect to it, there is only a little amount of energy discharged on intellectual, physical and sexual activity which is made possible through the bond of the sacrament of marriage. Hence, our needs and interest are shaped by technological rationality, which creates a false consciousness by enforcing a certain lifestyle upon us without opening up a space for our own choices. Marcuse emphasizes that in the modern era, in consumption we are not aware of our genuine needs and interest, and we usually have the inclination to accept needs imposed upon us by commercials. ![]() Marcuse is a political critic and philosopher whose primary concern is to develop a critical theory of society that aims at liberating the individual from any form of social control and domination.Ĭapitalism and consumerism play a very dominating role in the society, that it requires humanity’s total submission under its system. ![]()
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