American Culture vs. American Counter Culture

The fundamental struggle in this country is between culture and counter culture. The cultural expression of socialism is idealism which is psychologistic, emotional and concerned with power. Culture is realistic, intellectual, and concerned with ethics.

I experience counter cultural attitudes on a regular basis. At restaurants, at hotels, I am confronted by people who treat all relationships as power struggles. Who seek to dominate. The temptation is to engage these individuals on their terms rather than doing what is right.