Very thoughtful piece. If you are thinking of submitting this as a professional essay, take a little more care. It’s not ‘ease dropping.’ The phrase is ‘eaves dropping.’ And the word you want is allude, not elude.
I would never consider submitting this thread as a professional essay. It’s not worthy of that entry. It was a post as a immediate reaction to a story and observation.
I do appreciate your candour, though. BTW, I’m joking...about the “candour”. :^)