Status Updates From América

i would love to show baudrillard what the current french football team looks like, or have him listen to patois-inspired modern london slang; i wonder would his opinions on race in america vs europe stand or evolve

“With the marvellous complicity of its entire population, New York acts out its own catastrophe as a stage play […] the scale of [accidents/catastrophes in New York] makes them world events and simply adds either to the city’s glory.” basically predicted the scale of 9/11 never forget rhetoric 20 years before it happened lol

only took 16 pages for a french guy to be weird about black women, new world record

On page 67 ❤️ Baudrillard would love that