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* Rant of the Modern Man *
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* Another Modernz Presentation *
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* (C)opyright March 24, 1992 *
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A Rant to the Modern Man
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The '60s were a generation of rallying, rebellion, and social
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strife. People were at each others throats. The young against the old,
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Timothy Leary against G. Gordon Liddy, Hanoi Jane against Nixon and Manson
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against everybody. Things were in turmoil. The sixties will be remembered
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as the puberty of America. The straight, sexless hips of the '50s finially
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got a few kinks in them. Kerouac was its first kiss. Vietnam was
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its first zit, which grew into a full, ugly case of acne. The youth of
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that generation wanted out. They didn't like all the testosterone that
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was flowing around, created during World War II, and it just didn't go
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away. Instead, it was just redirected into Korea and Vietnam.
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You can just ask a whole country of people to go home and stop fighting.
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The youth of the '60s were born after 1945 and didn't know the war, and
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weren't to interested to know, either. They knew what they were fighting
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against, it was obvious to all sides. They hated the war, they hated the
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man, and they hated hate. They wanted a change to a more realistic world
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from the sugar coated '50s. To accomplish something on such a grand
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scale seemed reasonable. People were motovated to do something, to
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instill change.
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The '70s were another story altogether. It has been called the
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"Me Generation". I guess that's true. The people of the '60s, while
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getting some things done, lost the dream. They got fed up. Out of this
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frustration groups like the Black Panthers and the Weathermen were
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created. The Weatherman were a radical group that wanted to get the
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government out of the war by blowing it up. Their Greenwich Village flat
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blew up due to amateur bombmaking in 1971. At one of their meetings, the
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question put to the floor was "Should all white male children be killed
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at birth because, in later life they would just continue the tradition
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of opression of minorities?" The pure peace and love of the '60s were
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turned into the hatred and bloodshed of the '70s. The seventies were
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truly warped.
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As people started to realize what was going on by the mid '70s,
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they found out what really mattered, themselves. The hippies had nothing
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to worry about in the '60s. It was a time of general prosperity for the
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country. People's pockets weren't hurting. When the arabs found out there
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as power in some black gook they pumped from beneath their sands, they
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used it. People really started to worry when those 'Damn Towelheads'
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took America by its neck. People were inconvenienced. This generation
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never knew about that. They grew up with TV, automatic washing machines, 8
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cylinder engines, every convenience anyone could ever want. They
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thought, "What's going on here? We are saving all this time by having
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machines do our laundry and our dishes and I'm going to spend my time
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waiting on a damn gas line? Thats not progress! I'm gonna go out and get
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me some progress." So people started to not care. The country became
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more cynical. They were more out for themselves. They felt threatened and ill
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at ease with the fact that something was affecting them directly that
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was beyond their control. The isolationism that was no longer possible
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on a macroscopic scale was being transferred to the individual. The man in
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the '70s was truly an island.
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The '80s were even worse. We were so hung up on TV we gave an
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actor the job of running the country. In the '70s we could splurge a
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little bit. In the '60s we put a few bucks in our pockets, but in the '70s we
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spent it all on BeeGees albums, Buicks and shirts with really, really,
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big collars. But we still had our credit cards. Reagan said "Give me, oh
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I think 5 new aircraft carriers, you know, the kind with lots of pretty
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lights, to get those Ruskies really, really scared. I could use a few
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hundred of those MX missles too. You say I really don't need them? What
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do you mean? Are you a commie-pinko-liberal too? Nationalism is
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fashionable now! So buck up private, the Gipper knows what he's doing
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between his naps! And don't worry, I'm gonna put it all on our Visa
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anyway, the First Bank of Tokyo just gave me an unlimited line of credit!"
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The good times of the '80s are going to be paid for in the '90s, and well
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into the next century. In 1991, we, the people are paying off all the
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bank failures from the '80s, because the people in charge were too busy
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having a good time.
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People were lied to in the '80s. Remember Ollie North? Remember
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the not so false rumor that Reagan said he would give arms to the
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Iranians if they kept the hostages until after the election? The C.I.A.?
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(enough said). Just read the Village Voice once, you'll see what I mean.
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We were swindeled out of our right to know, our money, and hope for the
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future in the '80s.
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Aaaah, the present. Not much has been said about the '90s yet. It
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being only 1991. As a youth of the '90s, the same age as a hippie in the
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sixties, I feel I am in the best position to sum up what the world has
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to offer a disillusioned, broke, overstimulated generation.
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For one, the best goddammed entertainment technology has to
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offer will be coming to your neighborhood. The stuff coming out now will
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curl your hair. Digital, perfect stereo sound is now the rule. Imagine,
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a song, recorded after say, 1989, could not be heard without a computer
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digesting it first. Televisions will now be 'High Definition' and in
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stereo. You can put a color TV in your pocket. You can carry around
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computers and video games that would give someone with Pac Man Fever
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double pnemonia. 4 year olds are better at video games than you, sorry if that
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hurts your pride, but they moved out the Space Invaders machine a long,
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long time ago. With computers, the entertainment industry has gotten its
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most valuable tool.
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You won't realize it though, but all this entertainmant is
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generating apathy and the inability for you to feel. You might have the
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hand-eye coordination to fly an F-15, but you never will. The couch is
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too comfortable, this bag of cheese puffs tastes too good, and Star Wars 6
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is rolling in the VCR. I know I'm not going anywhere. You might read
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about doing things, but you never will. You have that couch, that
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parental safety to fall into, and a complete lack of motovation. Don't
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worry about it, things will work out. Dad isn't retiring for another 10
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years. There aren't any jobs out there, anyway (as if you looked).
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With all this TV, people will forget how to speak, how to relate
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ideas, how to communicate. I don't mean the everyday stuff, anyone can
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order a tuna sub with provolone (a staple of a '90s person, who doesn't like
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to cook. It tastes ever better if you can get it delivered.) I mean
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feelings, real things, and how people feel, really feel. I don't want to
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ever hear again the words "Nuthin'" or "Same old shit" or "Allright".
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Its all a cop out. Its just another symptom of not being motovated to do
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anything. The person asking "Whats up?" really doesn't want to know,
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doesn't want to take the energy to know, because that precludes doing
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something about what could be wrong, which takes up their energy, which
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is low to start with, and their time, which is to be saved at all costs
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(see above). And the person answering with one of the above cliches
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doesn't want to take the time to explain it all, anyway, beacuse if they
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have a problem, it is probably due to their lack of time, or energy.
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Telling the problem to someone will just compound it, and it will then
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just be a bigger broblem and take longer to explain, ad infinitum.
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So, all we have to look forward to is bad conversation, cold
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cuts and better television than ever seen before in history. Maybe not.
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There are some good things. The world is a kinder place. People are still
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killing each other about things as silly as the color of their skins,
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religion or which is the best economic system, but not as many. America
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will still have delusions of grandeur, but there is nothing to get all
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worked up about anymore. The Russian hordes aren't about to race into Western
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Europe to loot the place, if anything, they'll race there to find jobs.
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Now that the cold war is over, we, as a world, can make this place
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better for everyone. It is a small world after all, even smaller with
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sattelite links, fiber optic communication, and a telephone system that
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allows one to speak with a healthy fraction of the world's population at
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any time.
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Sons and daughters of the '90s, just kick back. Take it easy.
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There aren't the riches to be had, the golden ring to grab for. It's a
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myth handed to you by the last few generations. Procrastinate. Enjoy the
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cheaper things in life. See the world on 5 dollars a day. Watch some TV,
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play Nintendo, maybe go out and get a slice and a coke. Get a
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girlfriend. After all, sex is free. But don't get AIDS, or else no more
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loafing for you.
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The 4 year olds I spoke of before will be the motovated ones. I
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am hearing stories about prepubescent fanatic environmentalists. These
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children are being taught now that recycling is next to Godliness. This
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blind belief that one person can make a difference, is a very refreshing
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thing to see. I don't think anyone should get too worked up about
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anything, but that is just a symptom of my generation. These kids, with
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all the energy, and early indoctrination, will make a difference. For
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their children, the world will be a better place. Just in time for us to
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retire and collect social security.
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