This was written in the early 60's. Very reflective of today. Wasn't sure where to post this, it ended up on simple living. The anguish is boredom. Discontented.
"In all my travels I saw very little real poverty, I mean the grinding terrifying poorness of the Thirties. That at least was real and tangible. No, it was a sickness, a kind of wasting disease. There were wishes but no wants. And underneath it all the building energy like gases in a corpse. When that explodes, I tremble to think what will be the result. Over and over I thought we lack the pressures that make men strong and the anguish that makes men great. The pressures are debts, the desires are for more material toys and the anguish is boredom. Through time, the nation has become a discontented land." ― from "Travels with Charley in Search of America"
Submitted August 15, 2017 at 09:52PM by earlgreyteatimer http://ift.tt/2w8uZCB
