Nomadland Exposes the Middle-Class Rip-Off

[Jetheels]

61. I had a terrible argument with my friend watching Nomadland.

I did not understand the term nomad. Or how Fern’s sister referred to her as like a “pioneer”.
The way I understand things is that if your living in a van, shitting in a bucket, etc, cannot afford to repair the van, cannot afford to pay to park the van in a lot at night, then you are not a nomad but you are “homeless”. My friend said I did not understand that a lot of people choose this nomad life because they like it. I also didn’t understand some of the people in the campfire circle did actually seem to be choosing this life as they said they used to be high up on the corporate ladder so must have money. One lady seemed well off and offered Fern a place to live whenever if she wanted. I think I was upset because if I were “house less”, had no money, lived in a vehicle, shit in a bucket in the van, I would not want anyone calling me a pioneer, or nomad. I think calling it nomad is romanticizing homelessness. I did not understand the movie Nomadland, suffice to say. If anyone can explain me this thank you. I think there’s a huge difference between living in a van that’s falling apart, etc, and traveling the country in a vehicle that has a lot of amenities and you can afford to park it wherever you want, can pay for repairs etc. that to me is going on vacation in=n a camper. I felt like Nomadland threw together vacationers in vehicles with homekess people in vehicles. I don’t know, I did not in any way understand Nomadland. I was upset by it. It seemed to romanticize homelessness. Also, what, in the end Fern is going to drive back to the David Stratham characters kids multi million dollar ranch? Tbh, I thought Nomadland was a colossal mess of confusion.