Reply #21: 10 Years Ago, There Was A Lot More Dancing [View All]

Raves were happening all over, and dancing was well on its way to becoming a vital part of our culture.
Dancing is very good exercise.

But the powers-that-be didn't like it -- it's way too participatory and empowering,
our tastes move too fast for lumbering megacorporations to keep up with,
and we won't sell out to them anyway.
Dancing is also not competitive, which bothers them the most of all.
So the media and the government declared war on dance culture.
They have shut down nearly all of the raves in most of the country.
They'd rather have everyone sitting at home in front of their TV.
They got what they wanted for the most part.

One cannot fail to notice that those few areas that still have a functioning rave scene have much less of a
problem with obesity than the rest of the country.