MDDM Ch. 50 Inquisitive and Troublesome

[Dave Monroe]

"'-- Eh?-- for they esteem Franklin a Magician.  A
Figure of Power.  We know what he is,-- but to the
Mobility, he is the Ancestor of Miracle,-- or, of
Wonders, which pass as well with them,-- without
which, indeed, they would soon grow inquisitive and
troublesome.  For, as long as it remains possible to
keep us deluded that we are 'free men,' we back
Inhabitants will feed the Metropolis, open new roads
to it, fight in its behalf,--'" (M&D, Ch. 50, p. 488)

Cf. not only ...

"A magician is an actor playing the part of a
magician."  --Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-71), via
Orson Welles, F is for Fake (1973)

But also ...

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they
don't have to worry about the answers."  (GR, Pt. 2,
p. 251)


Back Inhabitants vs. The Metropolis

Cf. not only ...

Williams, Raymond.  The Country and the City.
   New York: Oxford UP, 1973.

But also, e.g. ...

Barber, Benjamin R.  Jihad Vs. McWorld.
   New York: Times Books, 1995.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/foreign/barjiha.htm

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/foreign/barberf.htm

If not quite ...

Friedman, Thomas L.  The Lexus and the Olive Tree:
   Understanding Globalization.  New York: Farrar,
   Straus and Giroux, 1999.

http://www.lexusandtheolivetree.com/

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