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!@#$%! · 04.01.2007, 09:38 AM

i want to answer this with a little more time, but breakfast calls & i must heed its sweet caffeinated voice.

just to say a couple of things (actually, 3):

1) bohemia has been the place where the bourgeoisie dreams since at least the XIX century. they are inseparable.

2) the reason the "counterculture" was so strong in the 60's is not so much a product of earnest people as of huge shifts in the american economy. i'll ome back later to tofflerize & explain this.

3) the reason there is no real counterculture to speak of these days is really because we are becoming settled in this new economy & there is no other in the horizon like it was in days of yore. but again im hungry & my stomach takes priority over the internet. have a nice morning!

04.01.2007, 09:38 AM	#22
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,731	i want to answer this with a little more time, but breakfast calls & i must heed its sweet caffeinated voice. just to say a couple of things (actually, 3): 1) bohemia has been the place where the bourgeoisie dreams since at least the XIX century. they are inseparable. 2) the reason the "counterculture" was so strong in the 60's is not so much a product of earnest people as of huge shifts in the american economy. i'll ome back later to tofflerize & explain this. 3) the reason there is no real counterculture to speak of these days is really because we are becoming settled in this new economy & there is no other in the horizon like it was in days of yore. but again im hungry & my stomach takes priority over the internet. have a nice morning!
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