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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by cess11 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:31AM (#42698442)
He's not "just saying random stuff", he was a very serious thinker. Unlike Derrida he wasn't much of a joker.

Perhaps language is fundamentally metaphorical, and perhaps reality is actually abstract.

Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by aiono on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:27PM (#42700534)
That's just what I feel I didn't claim that it actually is just random stuff. But I value clarity and Baudrillard doesn't seem to try to be. However, as I said I do find his general points very valuable just his style is not my cup of tea.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by cess11 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:12PM (#42704648)
He wrote in many different styles, depending on the subject and likely audience. Simulacra and Simulation, Silent Majorities and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place are very different texts.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by NoGravitas on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:50AM (#42712354)
Part of it may be translation, too. English translations of French academic writing always seem to come out especially convoluted.