Here's a special little post to those born out of 100% flower power. We wear our tie-die and corduroy blazers looking because perhaps it will be trendy. We protest the Kyoto agreement by turning off the TV when we leave the room. And we forget about the 60s entirely.
This is a great review on known libertarian Brink Lindsey’s new book The Age of Abundance. The book discuses how the hippies and evangelicals both rose out of the 60s aimlessness to give people a cause and how both movements are still impacting the US today. Knowing these two poles, Lindsey really hopes to draw a theory on why separation of church and state, abortion, and stem cells are news topics, why celebs excess are both abhorred and idolized by the media, and why we so eagerly spend beyond our means.
How America's 'Age of Abundance' Has Paved the Road to the 'Pursuit of Happiness'
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1853
1 comment:
That explains a lot about the freakish dichotomy in this country. But I'm not sure it's prevented me from considering a one-way ticket to Canada over the last 8 years! Thanks for sending this along Shaun.
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