Deterrence

Come and watch the deterioration of my intellect and our society.

When Baudrillard talks about deterrence, what he essentially means, in my estimation, is that our society and the media have made clear their willingness to annihilate themselves--to admit that they are merely copies without originals. So in this sense, it is similar to the early lack of resistance to the Cold War nuclear buildup. The system made clear its willingness to annihilate itself and you at the same time. So what resistance is left?

Similarly, in our society, the media makes clear that it is now simply creating spectacle by their very existence. Our gut reaction is to reply that there is no meaning in our culture, but the culture has already admitted as much. So what are we to do.

Consider: it is impossible to dismiss irony with irony.

This is all I think about.