"The overall systemic function of popular culture within capitalism is to reconcile capital's subordinates to their position within the economy. It does not lead them to love their domination, or even necessarily to deny it. It merely provides enough rewards in the form of pleasure, escape, or identification...to make subordination bearable and to keep us coming back to the culture industry for more limited relief. Jaded detachment and withdrawal into surface pleasure is one form of reconciliation. The articulation and validation of struggle without change is another."
-David Tetzlaff