American idealism, and the founding principles of this nation fail to exist within the borders of the United States. There are a few select cities (New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Miami, etc) that seem to struggle to hold onto what I believe are the true American values, but for the most part all of the towns across America have ironically been consumed by communism through capitalism. I am viewing this from a design and architectural standpoint since th0se are the areas in which I am passionate and relatively well versed in my opinion.
Allow me to explain: a capitalist system encourages creation at the lowest cost possible. By spending the least amount of money on design, large corporations have effectively prefabricated structures in order to save MONEY (the root of a capitalist society). However by doing this, present day America has more communist architecture than a "communist" country like China. In essence, the best way to perpetuate a business in a capitalistic society is to enforce mass production and duplication upon the design world in order to save money. This is a ridiculous and absurd paradox in itself that defies the freedom and individuality of America, yet because of MONEY, from a design perspective we live in a communist society. Drive through any town and all McDonald's, Barnes & Nobles, Borders, Walmarts, K-marts etc look and operate in the exact same manner in every locale. From a design perspective it is almost impossible to differentiate one American town from the next, and in this sense the majority of American Design is Communist design. I'm sure I have made comments similar to this before and hope to dedicate my life to change American design but at this time I feel it is extremely important to point out. Think about it as you drive down the streets of your town, and ask yourself "how exactly is my town architecturally distinctive from any other place in our nation?"
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Totally, dude.
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