Message 59/131
Date: 20-Apr-03 @ 08:29 PM -
RE: Bloody yanks
well, homey...a caricature is accurate. a caricature takes existing aspects and inflates them
we are technically agreeing. Youd have to read my Undergrad thesis to understand what Im gettin at but I spent a LOT of time studyin this stuff...
Im not claiming that a guy in Fargo and a guy in Newport Beach are identical
what I am saying is that Southern California is...a culmination...of pretty much everything america stands for. Greed, shallowness, superficiality, selfishness..
BAH! you say. well, sorry my man but for the most part that IS the heart of america, and yes it is horribly inflated here.
there are good things that are accentuated as well. A desire to achieve (what?
), adventurousness, physicality, creativity (believe it or not there are certainly people doing neat things here
)
you can argue til youre blue in the face but...if you just look at the history of westward expansion...where does it end? California. and SoCal is the amalgamation of all that movement.