Quote by Paul Goodman

When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates to the city. There, finding others like-minded, one re-establishes a village community. Nowadays only New Yorkers are yokels.

When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressi

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This quote suggests that when a village loses its sense of community and imposes strict conformity, it becomes oppressive. As a result, individuals feel compelled to leave and migrate to cities, where they can find like-minded people and create a new sense of community resembling a village. The quote further implies that in the modern world, it is individuals in highly populated cities like New York who now display the characteristics of being ignorant or unsophisticated, rather than those residing in traditional rural villages.

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