re: #47 iceweasel

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.

I forgot when he said that. Might have been on the Merv Griffin Show.

Could be in part due to a culture of narcissism. There’s also that wild-west romance which is effectively glorifying the rampant violence of the untamed west. Then we have Cowboys and Indian — so to speak. The glorification of the slaughter that was the Civil War. The allure of the mafia during the days of prohibition. Look at the popularity of The Godfather, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos. We secretly idolize murderers.