[lbo-talk] 1 in 3 Americans untethered from reality

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>... I'm reminded of that quote from Mills I posted here a  couple of months 
>ago (The Power Elite, p. 341):
>
>"... For the American distrust of the  high and mighty is a distrust 
>without doctrine and without political  focus; it is a distrust felt by the 
>mass public as a series of more  or less cynically expected disclosures."

The irritating thing about Americans' cynicism is that it is so often 
unearned.  Americans bask in their ignorance.  They seem to be too lazy and 
easily distracted to spend any time *learning* about how they are indeed 
getting fucked over.

Carl