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The Insolent Chariots

3.7/5 ( ratings)

"Thoughtfully dedicated to the Automobile Manufacturers Association", John Keats, who has previously gone to work on our suburbs, and our schools, puts quite a dent in our chrome car culture and the changes in our "dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and position in intercourse". What it actually amounts to is that that jazzy new job of yours is a real dog-overlong, overpowered, uneconomical; that our whole economy is structured on a concept of dynamic obsolescence so that the average man who is earning under $5000 a year is paying $1250 a year for his car; that the car has become a status symbol as well as a sex symbol; that while it costs far too much- it is actually worth very little; and finally-if you decide to See America First, and travel across the country from one Howard Johnson to the next, you will see the real ruin of our landscape and our cities....An expose type of enlightenment, this horsepowers its bitter truths with some bright quips for that audience susceptible to a rebuke. It is a sketchier job, though, than his earlier books.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Lippincott

Release: May 11, 2022

ISBN: 1199411493

ISBN 13: 9781199411495

The Insolent Chariots

3.7/5 ( ratings)

"Thoughtfully dedicated to the Automobile Manufacturers Association", John Keats, who has previously gone to work on our suburbs, and our schools, puts quite a dent in our chrome car culture and the changes in our "dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and position in intercourse". What it actually amounts to is that that jazzy new job of yours is a real dog-overlong, overpowered, uneconomical; that our whole economy is structured on a concept of dynamic obsolescence so that the average man who is earning under $5000 a year is paying $1250 a year for his car; that the car has become a status symbol as well as a sex symbol; that while it costs far too much- it is actually worth very little; and finally-if you decide to See America First, and travel across the country from one Howard Johnson to the next, you will see the real ruin of our landscape and our cities....An expose type of enlightenment, this horsepowers its bitter truths with some bright quips for that audience susceptible to a rebuke. It is a sketchier job, though, than his earlier books.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Lippincott

Release: May 11, 2022

ISBN: 1199411493

ISBN 13: 9781199411495

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