Jean Baudrillard

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“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“The secret of theory is that truth does not exist.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“Philosophy leads to death, sociology leads to suicide.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“All societies end up wearing masks.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“This is what terrorism is occupied with as well: making real, palpable violence surface in opposition to the invisible violence of security.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish-fulfillment”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

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“It is from the death of the social that socialism will emerge, as it is from the death of God that religions emerge.”

― Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)