And Archer's postwar California is a particularly dangerous place to be without an anchor. God is long since dead and the big shoes he left behind remain ominously empty. Modernity has rendered faith obsolete without providing an adequate substitute. Madness, addiction, alienation, nihilistic violence and general sleaziness fill the resulting void. To each of these the young are particularly vulnerable.
excerpt from
A Not So Golden State
Andrew J. Bacevich
2015
from Thebaffler.com
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/golden-state
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