re: #3 Bob Levin

The present failures of our culture are based on the realities that many ‘socially beneficial’ policies are no longer beneficial. This is more than an opinion. There is objective collapse, both economically and spiritually (that’s the Marxism).

Um, what did you think I said? That it wasn’t happening?

This is where he stops, right at the frontier that is covered with high growth and kudzu. But, he is saying that it is impossible to move forward while everyone is looking behind—thinking they are looking to the future.

Again, did you think I was saying anything to the contrary?

I read the article. I got all that. I was just saying that he could’ve easily done it with less. He went overboard on details. I’m not expecting bite-sized intellectual waxing, but is it unreasonable to expect something between the two extremes of length?