Reply #4: How fierce will Americans fight to maintain their suburban lifestyles?

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On page 3 Kunstler says, "The extent of suffering in our country will certainly depend on how tenaciously we attempt to cling to obsolete habits, customs, and assumptions-for instance, how fiercly Americans decide to fight to maintain suburban lifestyles that simply can not be rationalized any longer."

The past month or so, the American people have been turning against the Iraq War. What would happen if our leaders leveled with the American people and connected the fighting over for the SUV sitting in their drive way, the huge houses, and the Big Box stores?