MUTANT AMERICA: Some Metaphors for Turtle Island

IMAGE: A skull surrounded by flames and woman attempting to leave 
       conplex trans-dimensional  machine

Sam:  Many people have likened societies to machines that use people as 
      production resources.

Kris: That's a bad metaphor. I prefer to think of societies as a living 
      organisms that are constantly growing, adapting, and changing.

Ted:  Really? Well, I think of American society as a toxic, dying organism. 
      It has poisoned the planet and now it is poisoning itself.

Tim:  (pausing briefly while sipping a cold campari) We should be careful 
      about the metaphors we use. They have a way of sharing not only our 
      world views, but also the outcomes of our actions.

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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: An attempt to explain the monstrosity of America.
KEYWORDS: America as a machine, metaphors for the USA, American monstrosity

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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