The Great Refusal: How Modern Systems Absorb Dissent

Crisis in Perception · May 25, 2026 · 53m

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

This episode explores The Great Refusal: Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements as a systems-level analysis of how modern institutions stabilize themselves by integrating dissent, shaping desire, and narrowing political imagination.

The discussion examines:

incentive structures

institutional persistence

feedback loops

technological rationality

commodified rebellion

structural outcomes

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