The pathological tendency of the American spirit is to believe anything that makes it feel good.
The American left and the American right are illusions, ephemera, brands that hide a basic sameness in our political and social thought — a basic addiction to shallow, ahistorical reasoning consumed straight out of the corporate media can.
The symptom of a dying soul is its unquenchable desire for stimulation. Without meaningful work, without access to nature, without in many cases access to friendship and conviviality — without a whole life — people have nothing but…
