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Nice article, but the jab at Jefferson is completely inane. Soooo many other nascent societal/cultural forces at work in the 1800s/early 1900s that coalesced in
by Dirlewanger 11y ago
Nice article, but the jab at Jefferson is completely inane. Soooo many other nascent societal/cultural forces at work in the 1800s/early 1900s that coalesced into the suburban office park. Without knowing the context of the quote, it seems even Jefferson was off in directly equating corruption with the centerpiece of human civilization. It's also a seemingly colloquial letter to a friend. I'm also probably reading too much into this now.
- colkassad 11y agoIt's just a framing device for the article. Office parks are a very American thing so why not work in a founding father somehow. You could swap out the whole bit with a quote and vignette from the life and work of Henry Ford. Perhaps it could have been related to the lingering notion of Manifest Destiny. I could go on and on.