/lit/ - Literature

>>15479995
>So long as the realm of necessity remains a social dream, dreaming will remain a social necessity. The spectacle is the bad dream of modern society in chains, expressing nothing more than its wish for sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of that sleep
As long as our 'needs' are something that we dream of fulfilling socially, dreaming will remain a need of sociality. The spectacle is this dream playing itself out, over and over again, preventing it from being accomplished. In another section, Debord talks about social standing having moved from being a thing, to having a thing, to looking like you are the thing. This ties directly into it. Additionally, prior to this statement Debord talks about how the society of the spectacle has moved from the fulfillment of needs, to the fulfillment of augmented needs; these augmented needs are what he's referring to in your quote
>>15481540
This guy makes decent points as well