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		onreact on Dec 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Society of the Spectacle Yeah, yet very different books. Debord is political while Baudrillard is just "postmodernist".

dadarepublic on Dec 16, 2019 [–]

I would agree but also add that the implications of Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation are extremely relevant to the political sphere we inhabit today.

onreact on Dec 16, 2019 | [–]

Sure - Debord just didn't mean to only explain things - he wanted to revolutionize them.

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