Full Idea
Gone is the dialectic, the play of thesis and antithesis resolving itself in synthesis. The opposing terms now cancel each other out in a levelling of all conflict.
Gist of Idea
Instead of thesis and antithesis leading to synthesis, they now cancel out, and the conflict is levelled
Source
Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p.129)
Book Reference
Baudrillard,Jean: 'The Intelligence of Evil or The Lucidity Pact' [Berg 2005], p.129
A Reaction
This is from someone who approved of 9/11 (p.137 of this text), and seemed to welcome conflict. His idea, which has plausibility, is that the modern media have become a great warm bath that calmly absorbs every abrasive thrown into it.