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> [The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't manufacture much. We just burn up ever scarcer petroleum in the ever-expanding suburbs built with mortgage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/the-reality-is-that-our-economy-now-consists-of-driving-250-million/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

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## More by Joe Bageant

> [“Remember when welfare mothers were robbing us all blind and driving Cadillacs? ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/remember-when-welfare-mothers-were-robbing-us-all-blind-and-driving/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/if-middle-class-americans-do-not-feel-threatened-by-the-slow/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/the-four-cornerstones-of-the-american-political-psyche-are-1-emotion/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [ They \[Christian rednecks\] were so stupid that they couldn't pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were printed on the bottom. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/they-christian-rednecks-were-so-stupid-that-they-couldn-t-pour-piss/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Somewhere in between are the rest of us natives, in whom such change revives long-buried anger at those faraway people who seem to govern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/somewhere-in-between-are-the-rest-of-us-natives-in-whom-such-change/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Republican or Democrat, this nation's affluent urban and suburban classes understand their bread is buttered on the corporate side. The primary difference between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/republican-or-democrat-this-nation-s-affluent-urban-and-suburban/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Parties do not lead revolutions. They follow them. And then only when forced to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/parties-do-not-lead-revolutions-they-follow-them-and-then-only-when/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Inconceivable though it may seem to urban Americans, it is easily possible for many working Americans not to know a person of the liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/inconceivable-though-it-may-seem-to-urban-americans-it-is-easily/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/the-reality-is-that-our-economy-now-consists-of-driving-250-million/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [You never know you are in a prison unless you try the door](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/you-never-know-you-are-in-a-prison-unless-you-try-the-door/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“This book is written from a changing town in Virginia, but this class of mine, these people--the ones who smell like an ashtray in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/this-book-is-written-from-a-changing-town-in-virginia-but-this-class/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/cultural-stupidity-accounts-for-virtually-every-aspect-of-sarah-palin/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Along with the concept of American Dream runs the notion that every man and woman is entitled to an opinion and to one vote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/along-with-the-concept-of-american-dream-runs-the-notion-that-every/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Somebody left the American Dream in the toaster too long. It's now burnt to a crisp.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/somebody-left-the-american-dream-in-the-toaster-too-long-it-s-now/)

[Joe Bageant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bageant/)

> [“Nearly all of these successful folks have made it in the business world by sticking with the free market ideal of survival of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bageant/nearly-all-of-these-successful-folks-have-made-it-in-the-business/)

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