Friday, June 4, 2010

From Shared Sacrifice to Hedonism

From Shared Sacrifice to Hedonism: "By David Sirota

After Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt delivered a national address making eight references to the ‘sacrifice’ that would be needed in the impending war and three mentions of the ‘self-denial’ we would have to endure.


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(Via Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines.)