oooh rant!!

[algae_al_fresco]

Is it that I think that I am happy? Hardly! Such a belief doesn't stand up to analysis any better than it withstands the blasts of anguish. On the contrary, it is a belief in the happiness of others, an inexhaustible source of envy and jealousy, which gives us a vicarious feeling of existence. I envy therefore I am. To define oneself by

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[bustanewt]

'the more you chose your own humilation the more you live...the orderly life of things'.
that bit is true. consumer society is defined primarily by freedom of choice- but choice of facet within monoculture. and monoculture (pop culture and its affiliates) is basically the bread and puppets to distract from or soothe the wounds of annihilating banality that is our modern global class system.
but like you say, we first have to chose to be humiliated.
'To define oneself by reference to others is to perceive oneself as other.'
that's also pretty true. self-evidently. the reasons why defining one's personality in reference to the character's of others is pretty self-depreciating, and will obviously lead to lack of personal substance.
but dude is an idiot, eh?
self-righteous assumptive blowhards, the lot.

[algae_al_fresco]

how are you defining humiliation

[bustanewt]

'humiliation' in this context would be some kind of public show of coercion. wearing a degrading uniform or doing something you wouldn't normally do that would make the hypothetical 'we' personally feel like shit

[algae_al_fresco]

dude. I know, it was epic length - my apologies. I hope you feel better soon.