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November 18, 2013

The underclass is hooked on electronic dope.

They are not fracking or building houses. And they are not in idle evenings scanning the Internet to discover what Venice looks like
or to learn the etymology of democracy or even to learn how to tile or do wiring, at least not normally. Instead it is a sort of addiction to images, graphics, and the sheer speed of communicating. How can you advise a youth that improving his computing skills, his language, his demeanor, and his work ethic is essential to social mobility and the general collective tranquility and stability of society, when you are competing against Grand Theft Auto and Tweets, or, for that matter, the therapeutic industry reassuring the unemployed that someone somewhere did this to him? Works and Days サ The World of the Coliseum

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 18, 2013 11:39 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Attrition, because illegal immigration.

Posted by: elr at November 19, 2013 9:23 PM

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