Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust. (Jean Baudrillard)

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.

Jean Baudrillard

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