"Joe Bageant" - 5 new articles
One party has no heart, the other no spineWhen I consider the deep colonization of the American consciousness by malignant and unsustainable capitalism, I just don't see political parties as the answer to anything. We're in whole new territory now, bubba. Buddy, can you spare me a lek?The fact is that America's finest minds and souls have no voice in this chilling new corporate state that has evolved. And if we are not allowed a voice, if our monolithic system ignores us, pretends we do not exist, then for all practical purposes we do not exist. Shoot the fat guys, hang the smokersI don't see how punishing smokers, many of whom have been dedicated and effective "members" of the Left, throughout their lives, is responding to cries of help from those who most desperately need it. I don't see how punishing fat people fits into this framework, either. Working his ass off, eating sausage gravyEvery now and then we get a letter that inadvertently proves the point of one of my essays. We just couldn't resist running yours as an example of the American brainwash job. Apparently you have not been watching the value of the American dollar around the world, which is all but thrashing around down there next to the Bangladeshi taka. The Iron Cheer of EmpireThese vendors in Ajijic, Mexico, are not poor people or peasants. They own homes, drive cars, watch cable television, send their children to college and do most of the things North Americans do. But their jobs are their livelihoods, not their lives, and every transaction is permeated with the ebb and flow of daily neighborhood and family life. More Recent Articles |
