Monday, July 09, 2007

Great Galbraith Quote

"In a well-run and well-regulated community, with a sound school system, good recreational activities and a good police force - in short, a community where public services have kept pace with private production [emphasis mine] - the diversionary forces operating on the modern juvenile may do no great damage. Television and the violent mores of Hollywood must contend with the intellectual discipline of the school. The social, athletic, dramatic and like attractions of the school also claim attention of the child. These, together with the other recreational oppurtunities of the community, minimize the tendency to delinquency. Experiments with violence and immorality are checked by an effective law enforcement system before they become epidemic."

-The Affluent Society, pg. 191.