Sure, certainly the man is due respect, but how is this quote not the main take-away? > I brought up the ordinary comforts of kinship, friendship, craft, memor

Sure, certainly the man is due respect, but how is this quote not the main take-away? > I brought up the ordinary comforts of kinship, friendship, craft, memory, legend, lore, skills passed down across generations, and other benefits that small towns provide: things that make human beings human beings. I pointed out that there must be something in the kind of places he grew up in worth preserving. I dared venture that it is always worth mourning when a venerable human community passes from the Earth; that maybe people are more than just figures finding their proper price on the balance sheet of life … > And that’s when the man in the castle with the seven fireplaces said it. > “I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet.”