1. The End of the Empire: Why America is Headed for a New Civil War...
(Matching tags: empire,America,decline)

America’s people are unemployed at a rate of 22-25%, while its middle and lower classes are facing huge tax increases and service cuts to cover tax breaks for its richest, who have officially declared ...

2. War is just terrorism with a bigger budget
(Matching tags: complacency,war culture,corporations,America,war)

If you’re an American, you’re probably not going to like what I’ve written, but I ask you to pay close attention to what I have to say and to think about it before it’s too late. But before that: to ...

3. A European's ruminations on America
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... discoveries. We like to live in luxury. But it seems that, especially in America, people would like to forget about the negative aspects of this lifestyle and simply escape their responsibilities when ...

4. How We Got Here, The 70's by David Frum
(Matching tags: America,history,sociology)

In American culture, the 1970s are even more papered over with simplifying and marketable cliches than the colorful 60s...  ...

5. Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing by John Seabrook
(Matching tags: pop culture,America,consumerism)

John Seabrook was a privileged preppy who grew up listening to folk rock in the 1970s...

6. Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life by William Leach
(Matching tags: migration,America,culture)

American civilization has always been less grounded than the others. The whole idea behind the national project is to move in and move up...  ...

7. Yankee goes home
(Matching tags: holidays,Christmas,America)

... And while I am happy to be seeing my family and comrades, I must admit a certain unease at the prospect of being in America during the "countdown."  ...