tirsdag 23. juli 2019

Det amerikanske imperativ, according to Colson Whitehead and Philip Roth

"Here was the true Great Spirit, the Divine thread connecting all human endeavor - if you can keep it, it is Yours. Your property, slave or continent. The American imperative."
P. 95. Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad. (Fleet 2017).

Legg så til markedsøkonomi (Marktwirtschaft) og konkurranse-utsetting overalt, også for matvarer, medisiner, drikkevann. Markedets usynlige hånd styrer alt til det beste. Det amerikanske systemet, som alle land må slutte seg til.

Eller vi kan gi ordet til Philip Roth: Portnoy's Complaint. Vintage 2016 p. 241:

"Rivalry, competition, envy, jealousy, all that is malignant i human character is nourished by the system. Possessions, money, property - on such corrupt standards as these do you people measure happiness and success."

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