The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Im…

Umberto Eco
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The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad. ✨ Umberto Eco (2014). Travels in Hyperreality, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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