[ExI] outrage

[William Flynn Wallace]

 (we still need to worry about housing) we don’t need to worry about a lot
of stuff.  We have the luxury of being sensitive and touchy.



spike


Now there's some wisdom.  Most people in history had no time for philosophy
or for much grouching.  They were too busy trying to stay alive.  We have
it so good it is just incredible - even the  poor, as you say.  I honestly
do not know what I would do with a lot more money.


I have read a couple of articles about SF housing and have wondered why
they don't just put up some big tenements for the bus boys and cab drivers
and all the rest that service the higher classes.  I suppose the land
itself is too expensive for that.  It will have to be done publicly (take
that, you antisocialists).


I know zip about urban planning but  (of course I have an opinion) it would
seem that being near your job is best for all classes.  Towns of 50K or
less seem ideal to me  You can get to know so many more people this way.
Big cities are too expensive and now are big targets.


bill w

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:28 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> What do you think?  Are people more touchy now?
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> Ja, for a good reason: we can be.  It may not seem like it, but we are
> gradually solving our problems still.  We hear so much about the middle
> class suffering this and that, but really, when you think about it, now is
> a better time than ever to be poor.  Our poor and declining middle class
> still have hamburger and TV, and plenty of them have internet.  If you live
> in some cities you can get free WiFi from the library without even being
> all that close to it.  The bandwidth isn’t great, but anyone with any WiFi
> device can get it, so with that, you can educate yourself, you and find
> where someone is giving away food and clothing (we still can’t do free
> shelter (that one is difficult (and getting worse.)))
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> So when we no longer need to worry about the basics, we don’t need to
> worry about our kids getting polio or whooping cough, we don’t really need
> to worry much about starvation (we still need to worry about housing) we
> don’t need to worry about a lot of stuff.  We have the luxury of being
> sensitive and touchy.
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