Are Henry David Thoreau, George and the "Big Lie" Movement Right?
So you have to be watching some of the alternative news sources on youtube.com to keep up w ith what is going on. There is this guy George, a laid off construction worker from Southern California who does have some interesting videos...amateur, at times rough, grainy but more poignant and on the spot then ABC, NBC and CBS which have become partisan,sanitized and increasingly irrelevant.
George had one yesterday that showed long term businesses that have closed down in his his home town...and for those of us living in the deflating bubble called California he hits a nerve. He doesn't rant and rave like Sanatelli but simply calls raising taxes in a looming depression madness; something that many other Californians are thinking as well.
George recommends 'opting out' of the system; something that Thoreau recommended in the mid-1840's. George says it's time to get off the treadmill and reconnect with family and friends...Thoreau said that most people live lives of "quite desperation."
Thoreau's book Walden was the Bible for the Big Lie movement in the 1960's and 1970's. Folks like George may be rethinking Walden's message in the 21st century. History repeating itself?
