Withdrawal, not participation, is now the only honest solidarity

Evidence

For the individual, life is made easier through capitulation to the collective with which he identifies. He is spared the cognition of his impotence; within the circle of their own company, the few become many. It is this act - not unconfused thinking - which is resignation. No transparent relation prevails between the interests of the ego and the collective to which it assigns itself. The ego must abrogate itself, if it is to share in the predestination of the collective. Explicitly a remnant of the Kantian categorical imperative manifests itself: your signature is required. The feeling of a new security is purchased with the sacrifice of autonomous thinking. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 288 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

It is in this civilisation of relations that one can find the notion of equality between all men. It is precisely in this living relationship that we can situate the meaning of participation in the vital force of the others. Only this entity is that which allows peers to recognise themselves in each other. Another level for participation is familial solidarity or solidarity with the clan, the tribe to which one belongs, and, by extension, to the human race. At this level, the vital force reaches its peak for every individual and every member of the community. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 329 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Joining a collective can be the true resignation, not detached thought — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry: Selected Essays…, 288; Power arises only at the moment positive rewards are threatened with withdrawal; Participation in shared vital force grounds equality and solidarity among all persons — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 329

Broader Connections

• Joining a collective can be the true resignation, not detached thought #responds-to (0.85) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 288
• Participation in shared vital force grounds equality and solidarity among all persons #contradicts (0.80) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 329
• Power arises only at the moment positive rewards are threatened with withdrawal #expands (0.72)