It Is No Longer Clear Which Way

The Media, Far From Being A Conspiracy To Dull The Political Sense Of The People, Could Be Viewed As A Conspiracy To Disguise The Extent Of Political Indifference.

It Is Among The Less Privileged Groups Relatively New To Leisure And Consumption That The Zest For Possessions Retains Something Of Its Pristine Energy.

In Preindustrial Cultures Leisure Is Scarcely A Burden Or A "problem" Because It Is Built Into The Ritual And Ground Plan Of Life For Which People Are Conditioned In Childhood; Often They Possess A Relatively Timeless Attitude Toward Events.

America Is Not Only Big And Rich, It Is Mysterious; And Its Capacity For The Humorous Or Ironical Concealment Of Its Interests Matches That Of The Legendary Inscrutable Chinese.

Those Who Are Excluded From Meaningful Work Are, By An Large, Excluded From Meaningful Play.