Newsweek on Scotia – “The Last Company Town”

February 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

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February 15, 2011 at 9:20 am

Mitch

From the generally fawning Newsweek article:

“First, “people are still afraid of the company kicking them out of their homes,” says one California journalist, who declined to be named because he doesn’t want to be frozen out by the company (there is no newspaper in Scotia). Indeed, most Scotians asked not to talk on the record, and those who did were wary. “Don’t get me in trouble, now,” was a common signoff. One Marathon employee spoke in person about the “rude awakening” coming—then backtracked with an email.”

Why does this remind me of early-Soviet dreams of utopia? Well, the fear of speaking out is part of it. But perhaps it’s also because in earlier sections of the article, we are told that houses come in five pastel colors, no home businesses are allowed, and residents (according to Newsweek’s journalists) call for help from the owners in changing burned-out lightbulbs.

Trade away your right to independence for any one of five well-chosen pastel colors, cheap rent, and free garbage pickup… until your town gets sold on Craigslist. Yup, that about sums up the New American Dream. The only thing that would make it complete would be Soylent Green.

February 15, 2011 at 9:21 am

Mitch

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Sorry about the unterminated block-quote.

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