To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb…

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

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...

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 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...

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness...

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness...

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...

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...

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room....

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room....

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism...

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism...

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...

You are born modern, you do not become so.

You are born modern, you do not become so.

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 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,...

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up...

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up...

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.

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 the public, the press is not David among Goliaths; it has become one of...

To the public, the press is not David among Goliaths; it has become one of...

Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection...

Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection...