If Osama bin Laden had really thought it out, he'd have realized that the World Trade Center wasn't the center of capitalism. Sure, it stood tall in Manhattan's financial district, but Wall Street is a buttoned-up version of capitalism. The real stuff--the guiltless consumption, the pride of acquisition, the gluttony of a food court at noon--is taking place at the mall.
And the country's greatest mall, without a doubt, is the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minn. It's a capitalistic biosphere, a place where, under one roof, a store called Candy Candy! does battle with not only Candyland and Candy Cravings...
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