Glad I was born in Texas

I don’t say Texas is the South, but Southern influence is greater than any other, with some Mexican to give a little balance.

“To live in the South, you had to appreciate nature, and see the wisdom of God in the bends of the trees and the flight of the bees. You had to believe that each person was born to a unique role which fit their abilities, and that working together unequally, you could raise a civilization which was greater than the sum of its parts.

“In the North, bourgeois sentiment reigned. You had to believe that each person was accountable to nothing except himself, that his work would give his life meaning, and that the mechanical schedule of the city could replace customs, culture, calendar, and heritage. You lived only for yourself, as one equal part of a vast machine.”

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“The South took one look at the North said ‘no way.’ They wanted a life based more in enjoyment of the beauties of life than in converting life into a product, and the cultivation of a vast audience of cultureless people to purchase these products.”

Long story: http://www.amerika.org/politics/what-divides-us-modernism-versus-organicism/

Linked from: http://neveryetmelted.com/2018/08/26/modernism-vs-tradition/