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Too many words. Too complicated for Americans with attention span of a goldfish. Useless article. For intellectuals only.

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Here is the most important point, made by Professor Paglia:

"Everything is so easy now," Ms. Paglia continues. "The stores are so plentifully supplied. You just go in and buy fruits and vegetables from all over the world." Undergrads, who've studied neither economics nor history, "have a sense that this is the way life has always been. Because they've never been exposed to history, they have no idea that these are recent attainments that come from a very specific economic system."

Many young people have had such a woefully poor education and have been so isolated from the challenges of life that they really don't appreciate that everything we have is a result of a hugely successful capitalist economy.