Not a problem Charles, they have pools to swim in. No need for the ocean. On second thought all that slippery oil could lead to increased homo-erotic action (I slipped and my mouth landed on his penis), better clean it up quickly.
Sumerian @8: actually, the "desert of the real" line in the Matrix was lifted from Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, which I presume Charles has read as well.
Again, this is the primary argument made by Thomas Frank in "What's The Matter With Kansas"--that "hot-button" social issues cause white working + middle class voters to vote against their economic interests, largely because of our inability to reckon with class directly.
Frank goes farther to say that this dynamic was made possible by the Democrats retreat from economic populism. I think this was more true under Clinton than under Obama.
Vote Republican for decades upon decades and I guess this is your reward.
Frank goes farther to say that this dynamic was made possible by the Democrats retreat from economic populism. I think this was more true under Clinton than under Obama.