Americans are feeling cramped. Crowded. Trapped. We need a frontier. That's what we're built for. And it's been over a hundred years since we had it.
We haven't done anything great, or even anything in our own interest, for a long, long time.
The media is the message. Function follows form. Give people a big frontier to tame and conquer, a canvas on which to paint their limitless ambitions, and it almost doesn't matter what stage of advancement political philosophy and fashion are at. The people are going to be free. The innate freedom of the environment will seep into every facet of life.