Sunday, January 18, 2009

The American Dream, then and now


"If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream."

--Edward Abbey

We've lost self-reliance. We're close to losing the parameters for contemplation, or mental self-reliance. The cultural engine is driven by consumer sheep.

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