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…speaking of socialism…

by Erik Kain on February 13, 2009

There is a point at which the pursuit of the American Dream can be wholly boiled down to a capitalist pursuit, which is always tragic; taken a step further, that capitalist pursuit can be defined as merely opportunistic; and finally, when opportunism has truly run its course, it evlolves into just one thing: kitsch.

God save us.

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Erik Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a tech blog at Forbes. Visit his politics blog here. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant. You can also contact him via email.

{ 2 comments }

1 Phil February 14, 2009 at 2:44 am

Burn before reading.

2 Joseph February 15, 2009 at 5:33 pm

As anyone who’s ever taken a drive down OBT or Sand Lake or I-Drive in Orlando knows well enough.

(That is, SamJoe is to American politics what moldy, hideous, questionably legal tourist shops are to culture.)

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