"America is the original version of modernity. We……" — Jean Baudrillard
"America is the original version of modernity. We are the dubbed or subtitled version. America ducks the question of origins; it cultivates no origin or mythical authenticity; it has no past and no founding truth. Having known no primitive accumulation of time, it lives in a perpetual present."
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Jean Baudrillard
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137 Quotes by Jean Baudrillard
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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.
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Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
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