That is easily one of a dozen songs I've listened to more than any others, though this is the first time I've listened to it since last December 28, Alex Chilton's birthday.
I am telling you three times, we are being reprogrammed, though I think my Big Star drought pivots more on a realization I had last summer that Big Star adoration is as annoying to many as Velvet Underground adoration is to me.
"The gap between the very rich and everyone else has widened ... and advisers to the super-rich are warning them of a 'strike back' from the squeezed majority."
The Plutocrats' expectations of revolt only validate beliefs they already have of being special, 'chosen'. They live in bubbles which are completely focused on them. From that perspective, it's almost impossible to perceive other human beings as like them, and to have empathetic connections to others whose lives their decisions affect. Ultimately, fear of violence from an underclass is just another example of Life in the bubble being all about them.
And, in Murrika, they really have nothing to fear. Here, "striking back" means a Barista will serve Jeffy B his Super-extra-rich Double Cappucchino with a "frowny face" emoji in the foam layer on top. Poor Jeffy!
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ReplyDeleteThe Plutocrats' expectations of revolt only validate beliefs they already have of being special, 'chosen'. They live in bubbles which are completely focused on them. From that perspective, it's almost impossible to perceive other human beings as like them, and to have empathetic connections to others whose lives their decisions affect. Ultimately, fear of violence from an underclass is just another example of Life in the bubble being all about them.
And, in Murrika, they really have nothing to fear. Here, "striking back" means a Barista will serve Jeffy B his Super-extra-rich Double Cappucchino with a "frowny face" emoji in the foam layer on top. Poor Jeffy!