How to appear smart articles are a signpost of a degenerative culture - superficial and shallow at best. One of the tips is to speak with an English accent. To the credit of the zine, book reading is good but mostly because "people will respect and admire you for possessing some [culture]".
Now I know why I like to read.
I was going to comment on the struggles Iraq war veterans are having re-assimilating into American life and the general loss of masculinity in our culture along with places to express it. Returning soldiers "missed the exhilaration and camaraderie of the war zone" when returning to banal American life finding that the "passivity of consumerdom is not enought to keep society sane".
My son is in Iraq and says he won't have any trouble re-adjusting when he gets back to civilization. He also says he's stayed this long because he likes making the big money and is a consumer at heart: likes to buy lots of stuff.
Maybe it won't be hard for him. I hope not.
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