there are constitutive contradictions in liberalism
i.e. universalism and individualism
stress (i.e. crisis, Collapse) exposes them
this creates the Liberalism Legitimacy Crisis:
as these contradictions intensify, liberalism loses credibility|validity as an ideological system.
it can’t produce the resolutions it promises
so it shifts to promising regulation
see Foucault
California as projection zone: California Gold Rush, Misiones Californianas (the Patronato Real of California), psychedelic revolution, Hollywood, Esalen Institute, techno-utopianism
californication is a process of responding to systemic contradictions by performing personal coherence?
doesn’t address structural tension
processes it as a material to be commodified
aesthetic, affect
Brian Wilson (and the Barenaked Ladies song)
Valley of the Dolls
On the Road
californication as genre scripting: genre structures expectation (Lauren Berlant)
platformal liberalism induces californication as the dominant genre of contradiction management
crisis is trauma, mood, healing
MASH television show, Red Hot Chili Peppers, skateboarding