stefun reviewed America by Jean Baudrillard
Pretentious and Racist Garbage
2 stars
Unfortunately, a waste of time. Some of his takes seem to be from someone who has literally been once to the US and spits out random thoughts that suit their predetermined world view. Racist garbage too.
Most thought provoking: He makes the argument that Americans are in charge of their lives at all times and have the power to modify them. There is an arc in this book that talks about humanity losing the power of their own deaths - we are architects of our lives and hence have lost the ability to influence our death (the focus is life and not death).
