We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful…

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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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...

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,...

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...

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....

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

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...

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,...

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who...

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who...

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God....

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God....

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....