The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for...

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for...

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it,...

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language,...

If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language,...

The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn...

The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn...

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death...

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death...

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare...

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising...

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising...

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise...

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too