The Twilight of the American Culture

"If social inequality is on the rise, for example, then the attempt to close the gap between the rich and poor-the socialist tradition-is one of our greatest treasures. If corporate values are turning our citizens into mindless consumers, then the healthy "elitist" intellectual tradition of our civilization-history, philosophy, literature-is another treasure we have to fight for, and hand down. If the masses zone out on Titanic and Wayne's World at the cineplex, there is the whole world of Truffaut and Kurosawa, which could conceiveable inspire a new generation of filmmakers and moviegoers." -Morris Berman