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The_Jazz, I’m not sure I agree with you on the war on poverty.
Let’s just look at where I live – Washington DC. 3.9% unemployment, people moving here in droves, and this was supposed to be ground zero of all that was wrong with the war on poverty.
Urban areas across the country have been flourishing in the past twenty years, while rural America hasn’t really found its way out.
I do agree that there are certainly problems with subsidized living arrangements, and it could be said that capital and capitalism is what is driving the renaissance of urban America, but the infra-structure to allow that was built largely on Johnson’s inner-city initiatives.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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