- 18 Jun 2005 21:29
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The Great Divide, Studs Terkel
The Great Divide is a great and disturbing book about America today.
Terkel shows two real strains in our culture now: a vocal adherence to "me first, anything to get ahead" with an emotional response to those less fortunate, which results in a kind of living lie or dichotomy; and a profound lack of history which results in a kind of pride of ignorance.
Terkel found many people who prided themselves on not even wanting to know things. It gave me a lot to think about...
Source of review: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... ai_8151827
The Great Divide is a great and disturbing book about America today.
Terkel shows two real strains in our culture now: a vocal adherence to "me first, anything to get ahead" with an emotional response to those less fortunate, which results in a kind of living lie or dichotomy; and a profound lack of history which results in a kind of pride of ignorance.
Terkel found many people who prided themselves on not even wanting to know things. It gave me a lot to think about...
Source of review: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... ai_8151827
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The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange
The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange