Guy Debord was a French Marxist theorist and filmmaker whose 1967 book *The Society of the Spectacle* critiqued modern consumer culture as a system of mediated images and passive entertainment. His ideas are used by activists, academics, and media critics to analyze how capitalism distorts social life through spectacle. Scholars and revolutionaries benefit from his framework to challenge alienation and reclaim authentic human experiences.
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