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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript, essay, or book found within discovery documents (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015187). The text is a philosophical and satirical commentary on modern society, the passage of time (referencing 'Future Shock' and digital clocks), and American politics. It introduces two metaphorical characters, 'The Pacer' and 'The Mime,' using them to critique the two-party political system in America.
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Political party compared to 'The Mime'.
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| United States |
Mentioned in the context of national defense.
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Context for the two-party system metaphor.
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Relationships (2)
The Republicans are like the Mime
Key Quotes (3)
"Everybody has to feel they’ re making some contribution to society, if only to maintain self-esteem."Source
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"Even those who work in a missile factory must rationalize, “Well, the United States needs to have a strong defense.”"Source
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"The Mime and the Pacer provide a perfect metaphor for the two-party system in America. The Republicans are like the Mime, standing"Source
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with the universe by which he justifies his existence to himself. Everybody has to feel they’ re making some contribution to society, if only to maintain self-esteem. Even those who work in a missile factory must rationalize, “Well, the United States needs to have a strong defense.”
It’ s an absurd age we live in. Future Shock is already an outdated book. Children whose shoes stay on their feet by the grace of Velcro may never experience the thrill of tying their shoelaces in the dark. They have developed a fast-food approach to perceiving time because all they know is digital clocks. Time goes click, click, and if the power goes off they think that 12:00-12:00-12:00 is appliance language for “Help! Help! Help! Turn me back to the right time! Help! Help! Help!”
Kids have lost that certain sense of time in motion, going around and around, eternally. That concept is endangered, just like the whooping crane. But we can all be grateful to the Pacer, for he is the Keeper of the Counter-Clockwise. That is his spiritual calling. But the Pacer doesn’ t have a cardboard box for people to drop money into—he walks around in circles out of the goodness of his heart.
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The Mime and the Pacer provide a perfect metaphor for the two-party system in America. The Republicans are like the Mime, standing
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