Those ‘good old days’ she harkens back to weren’t so good for a lot of people who didn’t look like her or live in her neighborhood. She and her ilk are concerned about the veneer of civility, of the performative politeness that people used to have to show to the privileged in our society; not being a better society, but maintaining for the privileged the illusion they’re part of a better society.
Yup. When the populace is under extreme stress to grab their share of the miniscule amount of crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table - leading to thousands of homeless and/or unable to find work that pays a living wage - that is when we lash out over seemingly insignificant incidents … because the majority of us are burnt out and bled out from the rich pushing us to fill their coffers.
The satisfaction we should have from a good day’s work has disappeared, and we are the shells of what’s left.
“Old woman moralizes at cloud”
Those ‘good old days’ she harkens back to weren’t so good for a lot of people who didn’t look like her or live in her neighborhood. She and her ilk are concerned about the veneer of civility, of the performative politeness that people used to have to show to the privileged in our society; not being a better society, but maintaining for the privileged the illusion they’re part of a better society.
Yup. When the populace is under extreme stress to grab their share of the miniscule amount of crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table - leading to thousands of homeless and/or unable to find work that pays a living wage - that is when we lash out over seemingly insignificant incidents … because the majority of us are burnt out and bled out from the rich pushing us to fill their coffers.
The satisfaction we should have from a good day’s work has disappeared, and we are the shells of what’s left.