base private, individual identity. And that’s what 
characterizes us from the rest of the world: 
private identity; individualism. And that comes out 
of print. Out of electricity you get other kinds of 
awareness. Every time you shift identity it means 
violence. Whether the society breaks up and hops 
in the canoes and goes down river, or they just 
begin tearing at each other’s throats, it’s the 
same. It’s violence. Violence in the kids means 
they’re looking for identity, and they’re getting 
conflicting answers to the question, “Who am I?” 
So they’ve got to settle it, and that’s why they get 
violent.