ABSTRACT

Uniformity in the physical apparatus of life would be no grave matter, but uniformity in matters of thought and opinion is much more dangerous. It is, however, a quite inevitable result of modern inventions. To the young of all lands Hollywood represents the last word in modernity, displaying both the pleasures of the rich and the methods to be adopted for acquiring riches. The machine stamps the word ‘Sunkist’ upon them, but otherwise there is nothing to suggest that nature has any part in their production. America is a man-made world; moreover it is a world which man has made by means of machinery. America is already the strongest country in the world, and its preponderance is continually increasing. This fact naturally inspires fear in Europe, and the fear is increased by everything suggesting militant nationalism.