> but they have no culture whatsoever.
Huh? Isn't Jameson's book _Postmodernism_ all about neo-liberal culture?
> -- but there is no virtu to base this on: no battle scars,
David Petraeus? (married into the Knowlton family)
> no resdient artists,
Frank Stella or Julian Schnabel.
> no fluorishing arts,
It's all object-based: for example design, Apple and Steve Jobs. Or architecture.
> no architecture...
Michael Eisner, Disney and their "signature buildings" concept.