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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Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in...

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in...

The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give...

The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give...

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 no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

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,...

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...

To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of...

To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of...

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even...

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even...

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

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.

Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.

Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction....

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction....

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,...

We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that...

We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that...

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is...

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is...

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...

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance.

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance.

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop...

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop...

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...

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is...

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is...