The Sadness of America

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Indeed. The sadness of America may have to do with "changing all from 
subjunctive to declarative, reducing Possibilities to Simplicities that 
serve the ends of Governments". Or the ends of multinational 
corporations, one might add.

On a different note: According to my experiences, most US-citizens, for 
better or worse, are not capable of perceiving "God's own country" as 
sad. Perhaps sadness and melancholy are sentiments we Europeans bring to 
America. Just a thought.

Thanks for your posting, Heikki.

Thomas


Heikki Raudaskoski schrieb:

>One reason I loved America when I lived there was that it
>was so immensely sad. When I left my Austinite home on
>Joe Sayers and was suddenly confronted by the miracle mile
>of Burnet Road, the melancholy of it all almost crushed me
>sometimes. Pynchon can convey this sorrow very well.
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>Heikki
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