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Think this old piece of mine is relevant now

But my guess is we will end up with more rules and regulation of retail/reddit-horde, and no new rules for Wall Street.

Continuing the theme of the last 40 years of "Libertarianism For Me, Authoritarianism For Thee"

"The American Dream is best captured in how people talk about the future, especially for their kids. While most working class Americans see their children’s future as dimmer than their own, working class immigrants see it as brighter." @Chris_arnade

That is accelerating a trend I document in my book: the erosion of local community health & a sense of place

it is also part of a larger trend of the working class & middle class losing institutions they have a stake in, both economically & culturally.

I often re-frame my Front-row/Back-row thing as Rationalism vs Faith, which is another over-simplification, but as far as ethnographic types go, it is helpful to understanding our current social/cultural dynamics

A lot of the frustration on twitter is from "aspirational professionals" who got tons of education financed by tons of debt only to discover there are not tons of jobs for them, or tons of housing in the places where those few jobs are.

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