[regarding la]: "if you get out of your car in this centrifugal metropolis, you immediately become a delinquent; as soon as you start walking, you are a threat to public order, like a dog wandering in the road. only immigrants from the third world are allowed to walk. it is, in a sense, their privilege, a privilege that goes along with that of occupying the empty hearts of the big cities. for other people, walking, fatigue, or muscular activity have become rare commodities, 'services' costing a lot of money. thus ironically, the old state of afairs has been inverted. similarly, the queues at high-class restaurants or fashionable nightclubs are often longer than those at soup kitchens. this is democracy. the signs of the most utter poverty always have a least a chance of becoming fashionable."

-jean baudrillard-