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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (16990)	11/20/2003 10:00:22 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793699

The consumers of Virtual America see the affluence and are embittered that it is not theirs, but they do not understand the culture or effort that created it. They are like Africans who see the wealth of Europe but have no idea where it came from, or of the depth of the intellectual tradition that created it. Like Africans, they become cargo-cultists, expecting wealth to drop from the skies by supernatural delivery. When this fails to happen, they grow bitter and enraged. What a great column. And that paragraph sums it up. But not only for the Africans. For the whole world, and especially for our kids. Many watch MTV all day, and expect to live the life depicted. House, cars, and women, with no effort needed.