Daniel J. Boorstin - As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The belov...

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As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.

Daniel J. Boorstin

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Als Individuum und als Nation leiden wir heute unter sozialem Narzissmus. Das geliebte Echo unserer Vorfahren, das unberührte Amerika, wurde aufgegeben. Wir haben uns in unser eigenes Bild verliebt, in Bilder unserer Herstellung, die sich als Bilder von uns herausstellen.

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