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is not just an alienated idealization of American life. Rather, it exists in order to hide that it is 'real' America that is disneyland.

Baudrillard thus here moves beyond an ideological analysis of Disneyland as alienated idealisation of American life, to his provocative analysis suggesting that it 'exist in order to hide that it is . . . 'real' America that is Disneyland' (SS, 12).

is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, whereas all of los angeles and the America that surrounds it are no longer real, but belong to the hyperreal order and to the order of simulation. It is no longer a question of a false representation of reality (ideology) but of concealing the fact that the real is no longer real, and thus of saving the reality principle.

Disneyland is a perfect model of all the entangled orders of simulacra [. . . ] Disneyland ispresented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, whereas all ofLos Angeles and the America that surrounds it are no longer real, but belong to thehyperreal order and to the order of simulation. It is no longer a question of a falserepresentation of reality (ideology) but of concealing the fact that the real is no longerreal, and thus of saving the reality principle. (Baudrillard 1994, p.10)

is like viagra in that they both make you wait an hour for a 2-minute ride.

Why is Disneyland like Viagra' They both make you wait an hour for a 2-minute ride.

is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

is the only people trap operated by a mouse.

Disneyland is the only people trap operated by a mouse.

is the Happiest Place on Earth while also being too expensive now for the poor families who need happiness the most.

Disneyland, the Happiest Place on Earth, is too expensive now for the poor families who need happiness the most.

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