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Thank you, for this clear explanation with detail. Almost the roots of this mess. Why people are so angry & full of unspoken grievances. The beginning of outsourcing was like flipping a switch as I recall. It was a tidal wave that businesses wanted to jump onto.
So much anger and (false) victimhood. Even my 70+ y..o. bus driver t…
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Thank you, for this clear explanation with detail. Almost the roots of this mess. Why people are so angry & full of unspoken grievances. The beginning of outsourcing was like flipping a switch as I recall. It was a tidal wave that businesses wanted to jump onto.
So much anger and (false) victimhood. Even my 70+ y..o. bus driver today was unnecessarily snarky, I politely and indirectly called him out on it & he realized his rudeness. Anger is just spewing in the world like lava from a volcano. People need to go back to charm school and practice civility. An hour later I saw an angry exchange between 2 women over nothing. I think there maybe heightened anger in former Trump supporters as this is unraveling and being exposed. Perhaps people feel associated to it and are now embarrassed or who knows what.
Shape up America, I say.
That a 70 yr old has to drive a bus is a pretty clear example of the nation’s decline and lack of basic humanity.
Exactly!