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Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.
Jean BaudrillardAbout author
- Author's profession: Sociologist
- Nationality: french
- Born: July 29, 1929
- Died: March 6, 2007
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