[lbo-talk] Possible Bright Side?

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Fri Nov 12 18:44:06 PST 2004


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>Fear? Nobody lives in a greater fear that this god-forsaken nation that is
>afraid of its own shadow
>
Well, yeah. It's not entirely irrational though. Many Americans are a couple of paychecks away from destitution and that is scary. The feeling of safety is connected with everything that is shared/social; as that domain shrinks, fear increases.


>But what really gets me is a stupid American bitch who spent her entire
>fucking life in a sheltered suburban environment...
>
Yeah, no argument here.

But as for fear in Eastern Europe...I don't know. I remember real fear in Romania -- at least among the intelligentsia.

Joanna



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