re: #43 Gus 802

True. Sometimes I wonder why there aren’t many more mass shooting with greater casualties considering the common place nature of sociopathic behavior. I’m not a fan of Gore Vidal in many cases but I agree with him when he said that America is a death cult. In many ways it is. The most popular literature is (or was) crime novels. The most popular television programs are crime stories. The most popular TV documentaries on shows like 20/20 deal with crime, vice, and homicide. Crime is well ingrained within the cultural fabric of this nation.

i didn’t know Vidal had said that. He annoys me so I don’t pay too much attention to him. What’s the deal?

But yeah, even Christopher Lasch in the 70’s was referring to America as the Culture of Narcissism. I can see the death cult stuff emerging out of that pretty easily.