Everybody says Baudrillard was full of shit, but you've got to love how, in public discourse these days, a bunch of typewritten faux-tough words by a fat guy sweating in Fresno are a far better defense against dismissive accusations of wimpiness than having earned a Silver Star in combat.
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Precisely.
Isn't this moment, in which G.W. Bush is (or perhaps now we should switch to the past tense 'was') successfully able to portray himself as a simple man of the people and, on the eve of War Plan Iraq's execution, convincingly argue to millions that a defeated, impoverished country threatened the planet present us with simulacrum's apotheosis?
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At this point, it's still not clear that intelligence and self-awareness are successful adaptations.
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