I like how you're putting your last post into good use - giving the book away in the form of sharing its choicest morsels.
In Crouch's first quote, one quickly realizes how many people, mostly unintentionally, are *choosing* a life of poverty for themselves, as he defines it. I do not mean the wounded veteran on the street (and in this context I would actually challenge Crouch's definition as being too broad), but rather the store clerk who works their 8 hours, watches 8 more of TV, gets some sleep in the mix, and does it all over again. Staying within Crouch's context, I would go so far as to say TV is our generation's greatest cause of poverty.
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In Crouch's first quote, one quickly realizes how many people, mostly unintentionally, are *choosing* a life of poverty for themselves, as he defines it. I do not mean the wounded veteran on the street (and in this context I would actually challenge Crouch's definition as being too broad), but rather the store clerk who works their 8 hours, watches 8 more of TV, gets some sleep in the mix, and does it all over again. Staying within Crouch's context, I would go so far as to say TV is our generation's greatest cause of poverty.