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The Illusion of the End QUOTES

The Illusion of the End QUOTES

1 " All we have left of liberty is an ad-man's illusion. "

― Jean Baudrillard , The Illusion of the End

2 " Every set of phenomena, whether cultural totality or sequence of events, has to be fragmented, disjointed, so that it can be sent down the circuits; every kind of language has to be resolved into a binary formulation so that it can circulate not, any longer, in our memories, but in the luminous, electronic memory of the computers. No human language can withstand the speed of light. No event can withstand being beamed across the whole planet. No meaning can withstand acceleration. No history can withstand the centrifugation of facts or their being short-circuited in real time (to pursue the same train of thought: no sexuality can withstand being liberated, no culture can withstand being hyped, no truth can withstand being verified, etc.). "

― Jean Baudrillard , The Illusion of the End