Egypt, Twitter, and the Collapse of Top-Heavy Societies
Ian Livingston
igrlivingston at gmail.com
Sun Feb 6 12:19:24 CST 2011
um. Really? All the money is at the top, but the weight, steam and
impetus of all societies comes from the bottom. People go where the
food is, and only with a full belly will a soul cast a longing gaze at
the wispy summits where the glamor flashes. That has only begun to
change with advent of television, really, by the worship of which
every impoverished soul learned how delightful, sexy, and intriguing
the "lives" in "Dallas" and "Santa Barbara" are. What's happening in
Egypt is that too many bellies are lean, so television hasn't the
power to distract them.
And, in honor of Super Bowl Sunday, I have to throw in my two bits
about team sports. How many fights will break out between Americans
today over who's better--the Steelers or the Packers? How many
arguments will erupt in normally sedated barrooms? How is it that team
sports do so much to divide the people against one another? If
Americans were less distracted by so many divisions, I wonder how long
it would take to fill the streets with the disaffected many.
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Michael F <mff8785 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This stuff kills me... Every society ever has always been "top
> heavy". They always will be.
>
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://unbridledspeculation.com/2011/02/05/egypt-twitter-and-the-collapse-of-top-heavy-societies/
>>
>> Thanks, Christine K.!
>>
>
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