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karstic

At the foot of these karstic cliffs

—p.141 by Jean Baudrillard
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nomenklatura

visceral distaste for the elites, for castes, culture and the nomenklatura. Do we have to choose between the moronic masses and the arrogant privileged classes

—p.126 by Jean Baudrillard
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sfumato

Porno sfumato is, in the end, much more erotic than the message 'in clear'. More generally, every clear signification is anti-erotic.

—p.124 by Jean Baudrillard
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all clothing should be reversible

Annoyed at having first to turn his pullovers the right side out every time he puts them on, he decides to turn them around as soon as he has taken them off. Surely, this is rational. But since this decision does not override the decision automatically to turn out his pullover when he puts it on, …

—p.123 by Jean Baudrillard
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the subject who takes himself for a subject

Hysteresia.

Those who continue to vote although there are no more candidates.

Those who continue to watch television when the broadcasters are on strike.

The phantom limb which goes on hurting even after it is amputated.

The man who is made redundant but goes regularly to his former pla…

—p.122 by Jean Baudrillard