14 Warning Signs That You Are Living in a Society Without a Counterculture
Ted Gioiahonest-broker.com
14 Warning Signs That You Are Living in a Society Without a Counterculture
Such virtues are in dwindling supply in America. Two thirds of all our first marriages end in divorce. The war between children and parents has never been uglier (since it is now concealed, rather than public as it was in the '60's). We think AOL and the local mall are communities. We think that Disney, the corporation, is a story-teller. And, to t... See more
John Perry Barlow • Evernote Viewer
Modern society is without any concept of dignity, worth, or regard. Today the only thing which sets one person apart from another is his or her degree of fame.
P. J. O'Rourke • Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader
But I returned to an America in which the bohemian and the bourgeois were all mixed up. It was now impossible to tell an espresso-sipping artist from a cappuccino-gulping banker. And this wasn’t just a matter of fashion accessories. I found that if you investigated people’s attitudes toward sex, morality, leisure time, and work, it was getting hard
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