Simulacra: the virtual reality of law

Abstract

 The author examines the problem of simulacra in the legislative space. Simulacra appear as speculative constructs of power in the politics of law, as one of the successful manipulations of the masses. Simulacra have a transcendental nature (the observer has the full impression that he is a part of it), and technically function in a way that always reproduces the illusion. At the same time, the person himself cannot contemplate and comprehend the entire scale and depths of the alluring simulacrum, which is used as part of the power manipulation. After technological revolutions, simulacra really take over history itself. Automation and robotization contribute to this process. The automaton and the robot are two simulacra of a person that accelerate the political and legal mutation of a human being into a machine, when he receives the “status of a machine.” From that moment on, power continues to reign, although it ultimately transforms into simulation of power.