Ishmael #6: QQC

Quote: "There's another thing indication that the revolution goes deeper than mere technology. Mother Culture teaches that, before the revolution, human life was devoid of meaning, was stupid, empty, and worthless. Prerevolutionary life was ugly. Detestable." (Ishmael, 216)

Question: Why does Mother Culture teach that the Leaver life is gross?

Comment:
The people before us, "Leavers", had a simple life style in my opinion. "I'm hungry, I'm going to eat an apple," type of life. The Takers, are more of a "I'm hungry, I'm going to go to Costco and buy a family sized pack of apples." There is obviously a difference in life style between the two peoples, but why is being a leaver considered to be so horrible? I think it's because we have shows like The Flintsone's and movies like Tarzan and The Jungle Book, things that start to taint our thoughts before we are even old evenough to read. If your not too familiar with the above listed tv show and movies, their plot line involves a Taker trying to get a Leaver to join in our their quest of concering the world piece by piece, and person by person.