Suffering does not diminish as means to abolish it grow

Evidence

Whereas, however, real history is woven out of a real suffering that is not lessened in proportion to the growth of means for its abrogation, the realization of the prospect is referred to the notion, the concept. For it does not merely, as science, distance men from nature, but, as the self-consideration of thought that in the form of science remains tied to blind economic tendency, allows the distance perpetuating injustice to be measured. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 52

Categorization

• XREF: Directly challenges progress narratives of rationalisation; underpins Adorno’s critique of instrumentality embraced by Burns. — connects to: A rotting social system can still sustain humanity’s existence at a cost of suffering — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 473; Atheism may leave no possibility of expiating suffering — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 185; The picaresque genre inherently works to make suppressed suffering visible — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 957 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A rotting social system can still sustain humanity’s existence at a cost of suffering — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 473; Atheism may leave no possibility of expiating suffering — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 185; The picaresque genre inherently works to make suppressed suffering visible — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 957 (+2 more)