"Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society"

Jean Baudrillard's quote is a review of the United States and its culture. He recommends that in spite of its technological improvements and its external look of being a contemporary, progressive society, the US is still a primitive society at its core. He implies that the United States is still driven by the same fundamental impulses and desires as primitive societies, such as the need for power and control. He also recommends that the US has developed a space for itself where it can simulate a more advanced society, but that this is only a facade. Ultimately, he believes that the US is still a primitive society, and that its technological improvements and outside appearance of progressiveness are only shallow.