Watergate was thus nothing but a lure held out by the system to catch its adversaries - a simulation of scandal for regenerative ends. (Jean Baudrillard)

Watergate was thus nothing but a lure held out by the system to catch its adversaries - a simulation of scandal for regenerative ends.

Jean Baudrillard

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