-"America has applied social Darwinism to its societal management. A consumer culture, fed by $150 billion spent per year on advertising, reinforces this meaningless and purposeless lifestyle. The message delivered is that one must maximize profit and accumulate obscene amounts of commodities to achieve happiness. Empathetic connections and sympathetic concerns for other people are discouraged and disabled.
-"While the Internet has allowed people to more easily maintain long-distance relationships, it has also provided a means for people to stay inside all day, only communicating via the pixels on an electric screen, and has increased the superficiality of social interaction with 'social networking' websites."
-"People no longer have the time or energy to learn for the sake of learning..."
-"They [Americans] have taken vows of martyrdom and allowed themselves to be crucified on a cross constructed of one board marked 'wealth' and another 'efficiency'."
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