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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Here is a quote from Baudrillard:
She does not really clarify how "we" wished it, or even who the collective "we" is (I doubt children or unborn children could be people who wished to be killed by terrorists). She talks about the immorality of "globalization" as if at some point in time some group of people sat down and decided on a "globalization" strategy the way terrorist sat down and planned 9/11 and other acts. It seems her rant is in search of some phantom reason for people wanting to kill "us".
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In the article, Baudrillard explains this. He states that we wished it as a response to the ultimate consolidation and monopolization of power--that we even fantasized about it. He describes terrorism as the singular turning of tables in such a situation. The collective "we" he applies to Western society.
And the immorality of a system, including globalization, is not dependent on conscious or collective decisions. Immorality often arises as a result of ignorance or irresponsibility.
What is a phantom isn't so much the
reason for "them" wanting to kill "us," or, more accurately, to upset the balance of power; it is more the
how and the
who.
When we say we are at war with terrorism, of whom do we speak? And how, exactly, do we fight "them."