What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world.

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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

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

The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was...

The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was...

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.

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...