[lit-ideas] Re: American from abroad
- From: carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:46:37 -0700
Torgeir,
Eric seems to be describing two factions of the conservative movement, but
certainly not America as a whole. I'd say the Finnish journalist's view is
somewhat more accurate, albeit more gloomy.
Carol K.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Eric <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9/30/2010 2:36 PM, Torgeir Fjeld wrote:
>
>> America, is this correct?
>>
>
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> We are halfway between a nation-state and a global enterprise. We have the
> worst parts of each and none of the best parts.
>
> Tea Party people, a media theater, want to return to a national identity.
>
> Globalists, also media theater, want to dissolve national identity into
> corporate global dictatorship.
>
> Each group has been taught by TV to hate the other, to regard the other as
> subhuman or traitorous. This theater is performed to distract, to prevent
> consensus, and to conceal that all significant social change is outside the
> political process.
>
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