Theodor Adorno

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#decay #forces #liberated #satire #total

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#hand #other #realization #reconciliation #society

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#anti-semitism #jews #rumour

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#dominated #domination #physical #physical violence #rests

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#distance #elimination #itself #people #precisely

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#homeland #live #longer #man #place

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#horror #psychology #reach

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#conception #concrete #responsibility #universal #vanishes

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#destruction #grow #insane #organizations #rhythm

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#cannot #german #himself #lie #someone