Power moves today cannot be fixed by factual proof.

Evidence

All of this is simultaneously true, and the search for proof, indeed the objectivity of the facts does not put an end to this vertigo of interpretation. … That is, we are in a logic of simulation, which no longer has anything to do with a logic of facts and an order of reason. — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 62

Categorization

• XREF: Directly anticipates the ‘What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?’ chapter on the Gulf War and the post-truth moment. — connects to: Said held that Orientalism cannot be corrected by factual research because it is power. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 205; Knowledge out of proportion to real forces is invalid despite correctness. — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 72

Broader Connections

• Said held that Orientalism cannot be corrected by factual research because it is power. #exemplifies (0.92) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 205
• Knowledge out of proportion to real forces is invalid despite correctness. #corroborates (0.75) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 72