I want to like David Foster Wallace, but can't. Maybe he over generalizes too much, or latches on to themes and patterns that just don't exist. In "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again." he compares the queuing system for getting on a cruise ship, to the system that carted Jews off to Auschwitz. No, that is not a valid comparison. Just because the Nazi's moved thousands of people, it doesn't follow that activities that involve thousands of people should be compared to Nazi's.
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