File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2003/anarchy-list.0302, message 308


From: "Bryan Moore" <bryanamoore-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: History, Curious, eh wot?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:53:13 +0000


>Oh, come on, Keri.  This list has always had a serious american bent, 
>mainly because americans have more isps and home computers.  That's why it 
>has always been funny to read.   No one takes themselves more, or less, 
>seriously than do american anarchists and anti-authoritarians.


I am an American. I have the unique perspective of living in the richest 
country in the world. We consume absurd amounts of every possible resource, 
much more than we could possibly need. There are over 200 millions cars on 
the road in America...and there are somewhere around 300 million people. Yet 
amidst all this "wealth" are the stunning realities: the average net savings 
of the American citizen is negative. A great proportion of Americans cannot 
afford simple health insurance. We are a segmented, individuated, isolated, 
lonely people. All of our food comes in boxes and plastic wrappers. Our 
"Culture" is made in a studio and sold to us with Advertisements glorifying 
the American way of life.

It's a strange disease, one that has been growing steadily worse for 
decades. We are stagnant, rotting, and unhappy.

All in all, I would laugh, but irony is dead, and every good American knows 
it.

Bryan

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