Our popular entertainments are just what you would design to produce a programmed population of criminals and sex offenders. The spectacle of the way our people look —overfed, tattooed, pierced, clothed in the raiment of clowns — suggests an end-of-empire zeitgeist more disturbing than a Fellini movie. The fact is, it simply mirrors the way we act, our gross, barbaric collective demeanor. A walk down any airport concourse makes the Barnum & Bailey freak shows of yore look quaint. In short, the rot throughout our national life is so conspicuous that a fair assessment would be that we are a wicked people who deserve to be punished.Having been to a few airports in the last few months, I would agree. There are very few good places for people-watching in America - night clubs (which have the problem of immodesty) and upper-end restaurants.
Over at Peak Prosperity: The Disenchantment of American Politics by James H. Kunstler
See also: Obama and the Left
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