Y’know that whole “liberal snowflake” thing? I think it probably describes a whole LOT of USAians. And it’s not about being liberal, it’s about what people think they can or cannot stand. Try to imagine being your (great grandparent): 18 hour days, in the weather day after day after day. Dangerous tasks that might injure or kill you if you stop being alert or are just unlucky. Making do or doing without (and a lot of that last). No retirement, no days off, no doctors… or if there was one, he probably had more bedside manner than effective medicine. Now compare that with the horror of staying home unless you need food, with only netflix, the internet, zoom, an oven and refrigerator and maybe 150 channels of television. Oh how HARD it is.
Y’know that whole “liberal snowflake” thing? I think it probably describes a whole LOT of USAians. And it’s not about being liberal, it’s about what people think they can or cannot stand. Try to imagine being your (great grandparent): 18 hour days, in the weather day after day after day. Dangerous tasks that might injure or kill you if you stop being alert or are just unlucky. Making do or doing without (and a lot of that last). No retirement, no days off, no doctors… or if there was one, he probably had more bedside manner than effective medicine. Now compare that with the horror of staying home unless you need food, with only netflix, the internet, zoom, an oven and refrigerator and maybe 150 channels of television. Oh how HARD it is.
Snowflakes!