> Also it is still so surreal to me to see prestigious publications like the New Yorker talking about 4chan
They have to acknowledge the internet, even if it's more plebian in nature, because that's where shit happens now. They aren't on the cutting edge of cultural commentary anymore. It's just yesterday's medium fighting to stay with the times
> Most thinkers and ideologues that represent what is rotten in modern society have to thank Hegel.
You just need to jump through a few more hoops to get to the self-consciousness and then you'll see, it all makes sense in hindsight
(like the preface to the phenomenology, this comment will only make sense once you've read the whole damn thing)