Via the Guardian, Op-Ed by Michael Dougherty
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The American way or the highway
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So get ready, world. Managed mass democracy and market capitalism are coming your way. Just wait until commercial homebuilders bulldoze the horrifyingly particular – and therefore strange – features of your landscape and put cable television outlets in every room for you. Surely in gratitude you’ll abandon any weird and ancient religious scruples. We prefer religion that comes from television. Or religion that is television. Here’s a bonus: once you get hooked up, your elite class can quote Marshall McLuhan, while ignoring everything he says.
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Sometimes the "hidden hand" of the free economy feels a little … violating, I know. But that’s just its adolescent fumbling. Your inhibitions – or local economy – need to be dropped. Take a deep breath. If it hurts, just lie back and think of England. Or take this pill.
We’re going to do a little role-playing here. It’ll be kinky. I’ll be America, and I’ll start: "Now, open your markets, bitch! I’m going to liberate you so hard."
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