In his book, 'The Unsettling of America, Wendell Berry said of the American man:
An American is probably the most unhappy citizen in the history of the world. He has not the power to provide himself with anything but money and his money is inflating like a balloon and drifting away subject to historical circumstances and the power of other people. From morning the night, he does not touch anything he has produced himself, in which he can take pride. For all his leisure and recreation he feels bad, he looks bad, he is overweight, his health is poor. His air, water and food area all known to contain poisons. There is a fair chance he will die of suffocation. He suspects that his love life is not as fulfilling as other people’s. he wishes that he had been born sooner, or later. He does not know why his children are the way there are. He does not understand what they say. He does not care much and does not known why he does not care. He odes not know what his wife wants or what he wants. Certain advertisements and pictures in magazines make him suspect that he is basically unattractive. He feels that all his possessions are under the threat of pillage. He does not know what he would do if he lost his job, if the economy failed, if the utility companies failed, if the police went on strike, if the truckers went on strike, if his wife left him, if his children ran away, if he should be found incurably ill. And of these anxieties, of course, he consults certified experts who, in turn, consult certified experts about their anxieties.
An American is probably the most unhappy citizen in the history of the world. He has not the power to provide himself with anything but money and his money is inflating like a balloon and drifting away subject to historical circumstances and the power of other people. From morning the night, he does not touch anything he has produced himself, in which he can take pride. For all his leisure and recreation he feels bad, he looks bad, he is overweight, his health is poor. His air, water and food area all known to contain poisons. There is a fair chance he will die of suffocation. He suspects that his love life is not as fulfilling as other people’s. he wishes that he had been born sooner, or later. He does not know why his children are the way there are. He does not understand what they say. He does not care much and does not known why he does not care. He odes not know what his wife wants or what he wants. Certain advertisements and pictures in magazines make him suspect that he is basically unattractive. He feels that all his possessions are under the threat of pillage. He does not know what he would do if he lost his job, if the economy failed, if the utility companies failed, if the police went on strike, if the truckers went on strike, if his wife left him, if his children ran away, if he should be found incurably ill. And of these anxieties, of course, he consults certified experts who, in turn, consult certified experts about their anxieties.
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