Authentic life, is it capitalist commodity or resistance to its commodification?

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Does the authenticity of a Gucci bag matter? Is my 10 euro quid authentic? Is my passport authentic? Was the statement of Bill Clinton authentic when he said he didn’t have sex with Lewinsky?

The above forms of authenticity seem to suggest that there are noticeable ramifications regarding their authenticity.

Here are questionable examples of living authentic lives, which I would like to bring to your attention.

(1)
I saw the other day a group of Ferrari sports cars (about 7 in total) parked in a restaurant, probably it was a Ferrari owner community going on a tour around. Also, a famous actress in her YouTube video riding her “Harley-Davidson” with a group of the same chopper owners. Or a man I just saw on the street covering a whole arm with a blackout tattoo. Are these a form of authentic life?

(2)
If a 16-year-old boy wants to have a facial tattoo, he is aware of the consequences up to the level he is familiar with, and he is committed to it because he thinks it will make him stand out.

(3)
French Existentialists view the inauthentic way of life as living in conformity with existing rules and expectations. In this sense, existentialists thought,
"If you believe everything is determined, well, that's a convenient excuse to escape your problems. But that's like dying before your death"

(4)
On the other hand, Chinese Daoist philosopher Lao Tzu would say "dying before you die" to abandon ego and inauthentic self, to live in harmony and unity with Tao.

1. What is authenticity, and how should we view authenticity?

3. Is authenticity a good goal in life, something worth striving for? In other words, does it really matter?

4. In reality, things happen and we act pre-reflectively, like the players on the football field; we don't make a choice every single time, but in the scheme of things, we react and act pre-reflectively. Does it mean authenticity is pre-reflective consciousness? This is the automatic consciousness of self that accompanies any conscious act, the elusiveness of the subject and the anonymous character of conscious experiences.

5. How can we live more authentically?

6. How can we differentiate the pursuit of authentic life from a form of nihilism?

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