I'm at home and have less control over my E-mail environment. In White Noise, TV, Radio, and shopping are the means through which society indoctrinates people with its ideals and instills its collective morality. Hitler, California, and Elvis are the symbols of this contemporary Americal Hegelian collective morality.
Malls are the embodiment of our ideals.
Penthouse forum even tells us our collective sexual morality. The question is wether or not the characters will submit to this national spirit or find morality and a system of belief on their own. The black cloud, like National Socialism, is the evil by-product of a nation's collective spirit. I'll try to back this up better in class.