The weakness of American civilization, and perhaps the chief reason why it creates so much discontent, is that it is so curiously abstract. It is a bloodless extrapolation of a satisfying life... You dine off the advertiser's "sizzling" and not the meat of the steak.

J.B. Priestley

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Criticism of America America

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J.B. Priestley

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New Statesman

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English

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1971 1970s 20th century

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Priestley, J. B. New Statesman. 10 Dec. 1971.

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