I thought I was going to agree with this. After all, I don't like Las Vegas. I really, really, really don't like Las Vegas.
But this lefto-fascist doesn't think it should be allowed to exist. Because she knows, given her privileged status as a sociologist, what fun really is.
Many people like Las Vegas. This prof and I do NOT like Las Vegas. Why am I unthreatened by this, when she wants to call in tanks? Also, one does have to like the final comparison, where our teacher compares LV to the worst thing in the world: Suburbia!
(Nod to Tommy the Brit)
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Aside from details like slot machines, she could be describing Disneyworld. Ya think?
"money making machine"
"people think they are having fun"
"inauthentic fake landscapes"
"biggest tourist attraction"
I really don't get the comparison to suburbia. But that's because I am a know-nothing suburban libertarian capitalist.
The shame of it all.
There are terrible things about LV, but the things she mentions are the best things about it. In fact, I would have thought that the consensus among sociologists would have been that a great benefit of urban centers in general is people watching each other and sharing entertainment experiences in order to learn what is fashionable.
But, I don't see where you think she is calling in the tanks or thinks it shouldn't exist.
Fascinating that Libertarians are often condemned as "selfish" by progressives like this person who calls for the use of force to interfere with the voluntary peaceful interactions of other adults to make those others conform to her personal tastes.
Who is the self-centered egotist here?
I missed the tanks part. Did she really say that?
I love this video. Who could be a better spokesman for free minds and free markets than a holier-than-art-thou sociologist?
recently i went to LV for the first time in over 20 years, and my gut response was that it is a revolting sh*thole. someone asked, and i answered: if you like paying $40 for a cheeseburger at a drunken frat party surrounded by slot machines in the middle of Disney World, then you'll like LV. and it helps if you're bad at math.
but the thing is...the place was jam-packed with people who evidently do not feel the way i do. so there.
It's really pretty simple. If you don't like Vegas don't go there. It doesn't matter what your reasons are for not liking it. It's still a relatively free country. Like it, go. Don't like it, don't go. What's the big deal?
This woman just LOOKS like a sociologist, doesn't she?
"...employee owned" was a really nice touch.
"Aside from details like slot machines, she could be describing Disneyworld. Ya think?"
Or DC.
Wait, what, the Mall of America is the biggest tourist attraction in the states? Or at least bigger than Vegas?
And how often do you actually interact with people on vacation anywhere? I don't see the average tourist in say, Florence, Italy forming any more human connections with strangers than the average tourist in Vegas.
People should listen to their superiors to find out how to be happier. What a wonderful world it would be if it were run by Sociology professors!
'if you like paying $40 for a cheeseburger at a drunken frat party surrounded by slot machines in the middle of Disney World, then you'll like LV.'
That's why people go there, it's different from all of the other tourist traps - the Grand Canyon, Graceland, Key West, the Okie Noodling Tournament (you get to see some really big catfish there, and cheeseburgers were a lot cheaper)
That only shows that every person has a different opinion. Some were comfortable going such places and some were not. :D
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