1. Someone should re-read Jean Baudrillard's "The Gulf War Did Not Take Place" in light of Trump's Syrian adventure.
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5. Trump belongs to the world of "reality TV," of Fox News & InfoWars, of simulacra displacing reality. He's a master of this realm.
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that plus the reality distortion field of digital social media. Trump's rise required both
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Adam Curtis's Hypernormalization is good for this, you should go on Chapo like he did
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In full agreement about JB. Always encourage people to revisit the essay. Weak dismissals about 'postmodern' theory miss his point entirely.
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And Giraudoux's The Trojan War Will Not Take Place.
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One should go further + read JB's later snippets on war porn + Ecstasy of Communication. Wayfinder.
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