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  ilsen

  Today, [in Brazil], the abstraction is no longer that of the map, the double, the mirror, or the concept. Simulation is no longer that of a territory, a referential being [Lula], or a substance [PETROBRAS - oil]. It is the generation by models of a real {pun intended!}, without origin or reality: a hyperreal. The territory no longer precedes the map, nor does it survive it. It is nevertheless the map that precedes the territory—precession of simulacra—that engenders the territory, and if one must return to the fable [PT], today it is the territory whose shreds slowly rot across the extent of the map. It is the Real, and not the map, whose vestiges (!) persist here and there in the deserts that are no longer those of the Empire, but ours. The desert of the Real itself.
  
  with thanks, (and apologies!), to Jean Baudrillard
  
  yours, humbly,
  ~ilsen

  Mar 22nd, 2015 - 04:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Brasileiro

  Ilsen, your name is Jean Baudrillard? Are you French?

  Mar 22nd, 2015 - 01:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Chicureo

  ilsen
  
  At first you gave me the impression you were half way through a bottle of Merlot, but then it became clear your creative editing and modification... Bravo!
  
  I struggled through reading Jean Baudrillard in post graduate studies.
  
  I just love how Socialists live to the standards of “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal”.

  Mar 22nd, 2015 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  ilsen

  Yep! It's a modified quote that I thought somewhat apt for the hyper- reality of the current crisis in Brazil. I also enjoyed playing with 'real' and the 'Real'.

  Mar 22nd, 2015 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Jack Bauer

  @4 Ilsen,
  how d'you like the brASSHOLE's wit ? He obviously didn't catch on, so he did what comes most naturally to him....be stupid.

  Mar 22nd, 2015 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  ilsen

  3 Chicureo
  
  Dear Sir,
  It is indeed a pleasure to enjoy the aquaintance of such an erudite, educated gentleman such as yourself.
  I struggled with the complexities of Baudrillard's writings during my Under-Graduate Studies. To study them at a Post-Graduate level certainly involves determination and commitment! You have my respect.
  I posted my (abridged) version here in response to the article above, to the art, to the corruption, to the theft, to the intricasies of the tangled web of Brazilian politics and Art.
  The, (modified), quote is from Baudrillard's thoughts on 'Life Imitating Art', thus I thought it might be an apt, if slightly obscure, 'take' on the subject. Especially as these comment pages often become sodden with personal invective and repitition of previous battles, fought and lost.
  
  Such a joy, to have the opportunity 'play', intellectually speaking...
  
  Also, maybe mischeviously (!), I did wonder who might respond to such an obscure posting, and, of course, Why?
  
  I did think you might, so, Thank You.
  
  'Brasileiro' didn't fail me either, haha! In exactly how I thought he might. What fun!
  
  @ 5 Jack Bauer
  Lol!
  As, yankeeboy once said, 'you can't fix stupid'. Thank you for your comment. I like the fact that he know thinks I am possibly French, it just adds to the enigma that is ilsen...
  
  *twirls*
  *disappears in a cloud of smoke*

  Mar 23rd, 2015 - 01:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Chicureo

  #6 ilsen
  
  Part of my “academic grooming” I was pushed into alternative economic vision, of which I had little interest, but was forced to study.
  
  I applaud your creativity and thank you for your kind comments.

  Mar 23rd, 2015 - 01:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  ilsen

  *peeks back through cloud of smoke*
  
  Thank You Sir.
  
  *ascends to heaven on your barometric warmth of appreciation*
  
  :-))))))))))))))))))))

  Mar 24th, 2015 - 02:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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