Eugénie Bastié: “Behind the cult of diversity, the standardization of the world”. Modern discourse exalts the Other to better mask the standardizing of lifestyles.
The diversity of supermarket stalls masks the growing uniformity of our souls, our cultures, our habits. Far from being cosmopolitan, our world only offers the juxtaposition of impoverished identities. Same skyscrapers from New York to Abu Dhabi. Even pop songs with indistinguishable language formatted by computer programs to produce effect.