Here, signs merely reflect other signs and any claim to reality on the part of images or signs is only of the order of other such claims. This is a regime of total equivalency, where cultural products need no longer even pretend to be real in a naïve sense, because the experiences of consumers' lives are so predominantly artificial that even claims to reality are expected to be phrased in artificial, "hyperreal" terms. Any naïve pretension to reality as such is perceived as bereft of critical self-awareness, and thus as oversentimental.
Vertical Tapestry Chihuahua Police Dog Thin Blue Line Christian Cross Aesthetic Tapestry
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One day I'll get a flag or banner done up where it's the 5 heads of Marxism plus Comrade Bailey
The flag is essential because it marks their territory to the level of nation-state.