re: #1 Decatur Deb

The unintended consequence of their victories through the 1970s and beyond was the total destruction of local economic networks, that is, Main Streets and downtowns, in effect destroying many of their own livelihoods. Wasn’t that a bargain, though?

Believe it or not George Romero’s ‘Dawn Of the Dead’, which was centered on a shopping mall (something new in the 70s) was a reflection of this consumer economy that seemed to cannibalize itself.