I blame Ivan Denisovich for this one - again from earlier today
In the Soviet Gulags, there was no time for anything but utility. Intellectual thought was thought wasted as it was not completely directed towards promoting survival. Art became the shine of a found hacksaw blade that gave light to future possibilities of comfort. Art was not the beautifully directed film that showed past mistakes.
American society has become a self-imposed labor camp. There is no thought but work and gain. There is no greater art than the achievement of twice the gain for half the work. This camp is as full of despair as the camps of the Great Terrorloathing for one's position abounds, but like the guards that protect the openings to the vast tundra in the Siberian labor camps, the norms and expectations hold us behind the wallsand if one ever escapes, the only option is to flounder in societal exile.
American society has become a self-imposed labor camp. There is no thought but work and gain. There is no greater art than the achievement of twice the gain for half the work. This camp is as full of despair as the camps of the Great Terrorloathing for one's position abounds, but like the guards that protect the openings to the vast tundra in the Siberian labor camps, the norms and expectations hold us behind the wallsand if one ever escapes, the only option is to flounder in societal exile.