Perfect quote, David. I suspect there is an element of "the noble savage" in this way of thinking. Rousseau, Margaret Mead, romanticizing the primitive. Marie Antoinette and her ladies dressed up as milk maids to playact poverty. The boys and girls of the sixties, bragged about how poor they were. Socrates noted the same affectation 2500 years ago. This would make a good essay. Affluent kids buy already worn and tattered genes. Thanks for your comment.
“I happen to be a big fan of Western civilization; I think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation.” – Jordan Peterson
Perfect quote, David. I suspect there is an element of "the noble savage" in this way of thinking. Rousseau, Margaret Mead, romanticizing the primitive. Marie Antoinette and her ladies dressed up as milk maids to playact poverty. The boys and girls of the sixties, bragged about how poor they were. Socrates noted the same affectation 2500 years ago. This would make a good essay. Affluent kids buy already worn and tattered genes. Thanks for your comment.