Utopia Achieved

Whew! This read is chock full of big words (-isms and such). Very dense!
Calling Japan a satellite of the earth (moon, right?) is interesting. I hope he expands cuz I’m curious as to what he means.
Page 111: “that it [United States] is the realization of everything the others have dreamt of-justice, plenty, rule of law, wealth, freedom: it know this, it believes in it, and in the end, the others have come to believe in it too.” This is key to why I believe this country is great. Baudrillard has such a wide viewpoint, to be able to state this sentiment in one sentence is amazing to me. It’s like he’s talking from a really tall ladder overlooking the U.S.

Oh! He’s not an American. Maybe that’s why he can have that far away viewpoint.
Some of his lines sound like he just likes hearing himself say big words that don’t mean anything (when he’s discussing the utopia paradox and Americans’ beliefs in facts and facticity).
It sounds like he’s describing animals in a National Geographic documentary when he is describing the French and the American families at the beach. Seems a little silly to me and stuck up.
It’s cool that he likes America; but he seems a little long winded and though the things he says are flattering and inspires feelings of patriotism for the United States, he lacks love for his own 'homeland' and it seem strange to me. Not exactly sure why...