"As for freedom, it will soon cease to……" — Jean Baudrillard
"As for freedom, it will soon cease to exist in any shape or form. Living will depend upon absolute obedience to a strict set of arrangements, which it will no longer be possible to transgress. The air traveler is not free. In the future, life's passengers will be even less so: they will travel through their lives fastened to their (corporate) seats."
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Jean Baudrillard
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137 Quotes by Jean Baudrillard
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