> name these great musics and compare them to this list:
>
traditional musics from all around the world
Just because they don't have a global reach (because of a lack of necessity
and capitalistic marketing) doesn't mean that, say Gamelan music, isn't as
great as American Blues. You have a very ethnocentric view on music.
> > And often you find a lack of privilege and entitlement amongst those
> > cultures.
>
> dood, im a socialist. i believe in doing things for the people. but
> one of the primary flaws of the socialism that this planet has seen is
> its lack of regard for individuality. should everyone dress the same?
> listen to the same music? do the same exact things? no, they should be
> able to do as they please.
Wouldn't have thought you believed that from some of the arguments you've
made.
Anyway, socialism has never had much of a chance here with "The Red Scare",
"Better Dead than Red" and all that 1940s b.s.
Socialism has developed in other countries and in some it actually does
alright.
> the argument also oversimplified the reason cars are so popular here.
> we live in a much more spread out landmass than all of europe.
That occurred after WW2. Look at all the eastern New England cities. They
are built and developed like European cities (hence the name).
All of our problems that we contend with today in regard to transportation
arose after WW2. Cities lost cable cars and installed buses, highways were
built across country and train services decreased while air travel
increased. Oil/petroleum pretty much sums it up.
Detroit's industry was a cause of it and Detroit was a product of it and
has suffered because of it.
Why would any of the big 3 auto makers support public transport in Detroit?
I suggest this great book on the subject
"Private Pleasure, Public Plight: American Metropolitan Community Life in
Comparative Perspective" - David Popenoe
A social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of
the USA, Sweden and England. The author focuses on how environment and
culture interact to shape human behavior. Despite their similarities, the
three societies vary widely, offering opportunities to compare and
contrast.
> its
> definitely MORE convenient to have people moving about in a small
> space in as efficient manner as possible. here, with so many possible
> destinations spread out over such a huge area, its not the same.
But are those destinations really there because of necessity or because of
desire?
The sense of "place" is warped here in the US.
MEK
