Saturday, July 09, 2005

Rich Man Poor Man

Posted by Mickey Z on 07/09 at 07:06 AM
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  1. Paul Fussell’s answer to this conundrum is “The X Way Out” as outlined in his very enjoyable book, ‘Class - A Guide Through the American Status System’: (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671792253/qid=1120917456/sr=11-1/ref=sr%5F11%5F1/104-6168401-7829501)

    Posted by sk from   on  07/09  at  09:00 AM

  2. Mickey, you’ve got a wonderful mind…

    I sure hope Captain Watson is wrong, though.  I hope we’ve got lots and lots of “live together in a world of respect and compassion for one another...” genes, within ourselves, just waiting to explode from this arbitrary and generally savage world in which we’re temporarily confined… And I hope we’ll soon have an opportunity to experience this explosion of respect and reason and good will.  If not, the whole world will be slowly but inexorably converted into a series of gulags from which we may not emerge for a long, long time…

    Let’s see:  gulag… happiness; gulag...happiness; gulag...happiness…

    Yup, happiness seems better to me.

    Nice work, Mr. Z.

    - joe

    Posted by joe from Oregon  on  07/09  at  01:36 PM

  3. Thanks, SK. I’ve read other books by Fussell and will definitely give this one a shot.

    Joe: I don’t view these sentiments as being universally true..but it’s important to factor in the power of conditioning. Decades of corporate propaganda with no end in sight.

    Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria  on  07/10  at  07:22 AM

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