Baudrillard pgs. 23-37
"The Disneyland imaginary is neither true nor false; it is a deterrence machine set up in order to rejuvenate in reverse the fiction of the real" (25). The idea of a "deterrence machine" set up for the masses of society rubs me the wrong way. But when I try to break down these giant systems, they make sense.
Disneyland exists for profit, but also to make people happy. Attractions and Entertainment that create worlds within our world can distract us from a few things: the injustices around us, the bad in our own lives, and the real inner-workings of how we are controlled.
Yes I'm high.
But think about it: we cannot say that these mega-machines are either true or false. Our lives are built around experiences. If we have positive experiences in Disneyland or negative ones, our visit to the park is still our "truth," even though it exists in a "false" world. We could also believe that our experiences were falsehoods defined by the true-ness of Disneyland itself.
This would be the case if we break down what creates Disneyland itself - the wood, the metal, the paint, the plastic, the land, etc. and focus on how those elements create fake narratives of happiness.
"The Disneyland imaginary is neither true nor false; it is a deterrence machine set up in order to rejuvenate in reverse the fiction of the real" (25). The idea of a "deterrence machine" set up for the masses of society rubs me the wrong way. But when I try to break down these giant systems, they make sense.
Disneyland exists for profit, but also to make people happy. Attractions and Entertainment that create worlds within our world can distract us from a few things: the injustices around us, the bad in our own lives, and the real inner-workings of how we are controlled.
Yes I'm high.
But think about it: we cannot say that these mega-machines are either true or false. Our lives are built around experiences. If we have positive experiences in Disneyland or negative ones, our visit to the park is still our "truth," even though it exists in a "false" world. We could also believe that our experiences were falsehoods defined by the true-ness of Disneyland itself.
This would be the case if we break down what creates Disneyland itself - the wood, the metal, the paint, the plastic, the land, etc. and focus on how those elements create fake narratives of happiness.
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