Magical thinking, the fantastical american mind
gregg connolly 1956 (pennsylvania)
Magical thinking, the fantastical american mind
“The charm of anticipated success”, everything accepted with a “bated breathe”,
The revival meeting is a fluffy huffy guff, oh boy that snake oil is really good stuff
Wandering and wondering among the bounty, he will build my own empire, have his own county,
Dreaming the fantasy that tickles his fancy, the dream will come true, it is not even chancy
Everyman is a castle, or he believes that it is so, he’ll make good on his aspiration or keep it in tow
As tocqueville and others pointed out long ago, america and magical thinking are apropos
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i was going to be a rock star, then it was an ira bomber, then, ajet fighter pilot.........
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