The paradox of this song: “Eternal submission frees me” has a simple explanation: slavery frees the individual from having to making a decision.
This song articulates the psyche’s desire to be released from its own its own agency and act automatically, compulsively following a leader, a rhythm, a beat, a higher “invisible” power. Repetition (“again and again”) is a classic fascist technique used to concentrate and centralize power (“Domination”). Training soldiers count their reps, prisoners count the days, media reiterating images and catch phrases train obedience to the masses, religious litanies, etc... “Eternal”, “invisible” are platonic ideals and myths that are used by the ruling class to mask their manipulation of very physical realities. Repetitions come natural to humans because of their biological processes like their sleeping patterns, [breathing] patterns inhale/exhale, heart beat, etc. These processes make particular manifestations on human psychology, as Sigmund Freud described in The Pleasure Principal. The psyche’s has a death drive (“Destroy me Invisible Movement”). We obey our bodies through a system or pain a pleasure and we obey the ruling class though a larger and more complex system of pain and pleasure.
Monotonous dance music whets the individual’s appetite to act automatically (like a ‘slave to the rhythm’). The electronic beats and pulses (“invisible movement”) is also an easy way to popularize an artist and sell albums “Eternally”.
The paradox of this song: “Eternal submission frees me” has a simple explanation: slavery frees the individual from having to making a decision.
This song articulates the psyche’s desire to be released from its own its own agency and act automatically, compulsively following a leader, a rhythm, a beat, a higher “invisible” power. Repetition (“again and again”) is a classic fascist technique used to concentrate and centralize power (“Domination”). Training soldiers count their reps, prisoners count the days, media reiterating images and catch phrases train obedience to the masses, religious litanies, etc... “Eternal”, “invisible” are platonic ideals and myths that are used by the ruling class to mask their manipulation of very physical realities. Repetitions come natural to humans because of their biological processes like their sleeping patterns, [breathing] patterns inhale/exhale, heart beat, etc. These processes make particular manifestations on human psychology, as Sigmund Freud described in The Pleasure Principal. The psyche’s has a death drive (“Destroy me Invisible Movement”). We obey our bodies through a system or pain a pleasure and we obey the ruling class though a larger and more complex system of pain and pleasure.
Monotonous dance music whets the individual’s appetite to act automatically (like a ‘slave to the rhythm’). The electronic beats and pulses (“invisible movement”) is also an easy way to popularize an artist and sell albums “Eternally”.