simply excuses of different sets of people to get what they want. Society is not a rational nor a moral phenomenon but a sheerly instinctual one (Lecture, 2004, p. 3).
Baudrillard uses Disney as an example of the ôreal America,ö and ôamusement park is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is realö (Baudrillard, 1986, p. 55). The danger of this, to Baudrillard, is that we are lulled into an unconscious state of existence because we believe the entertainments and pursuits forged for us by Disney are different than those forged for us by corporate America. In The Matrix, we see an excellent illustration of both of these concepts. Human beings are being used as energy sources and actually exist inside of vats of amniotic fluid. However, because of advanced technologies, they are programmed to think that they are living in a world that very much resembles modern society, at least the peak of capitalistic, developed Western society. Like those who do not understand there is no difference between Disney and all of America, all but the rebels in The Matrix and the corporate-like machines are unaware of their true reality. Miller (2004) explains that the film relies heavily on BaudrillardÆs
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