Can't afford a smartphone? That's going to cost you.

[Wolver]

11. Probably why "We're not going back" wasn't the greatest of messages

Lot of people do long for a simpler time. Especially if they're older. It might be reactionary, there's probably racism, sexism, underlying that sentiment for some. That doesn't change the reality that a lot of people have a nostalgia for a simpler time and are not happy where society is heading.

Pretty much think the "American Dream", "American Greatness", and the platitudes are mostly bullshit but people love their nostalgia whether it was all bullshit or not. Biden's "Fighting For The Soul Of America" and Trump's Make America Great Again both hit on that nostalgia and longing for the simpler times. Maybe one of the reasons why Biden was able to win and Harris lost. "We're Not Going Back" is not a winning message if the majority doesn't like where you're heading.

People ask me why I still use a cheap flip phone. My response is usually... I remember a time when the main use of a phone was actually phone calls. lol

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"Yesterday I read a gem of an economic paper asserting that in the emerging information, amusement, service, and “experience and attention economy,” it is vital that “private business capture ownership and control of the public’s knowledge and its attending rent streams.” Apparently it’s not bad enough that we become a third rate gulag of impoverished nitwits. They are going to charge us for the privilege."

--the late Joe Bageant