Gore Vidal once said that the Chief Editor of the New York Times and the CEO of GM don’t need to actually conspire, because they both think the same sort of thoughts in the first place, otherwise they would not even be in the positions they are in. I think I see the same thing at work here. The graduate of Harvard Law has the same elitist disconnection that many of the progressives do.
As for the whole “giving up” looking for work after “only a few hours”, well... If your only option for a job is at Walmart (part time with no benefits) for $8 an hour, the $3,000/month disability check, with Medicaid coverage looks pretty dammed good. And if you’re not a writer or artist, you have a lot of free time on your hands and day time TV is awful. That’s where the hillbilly heroin and booze kicks in — enough of that crap and even daytime TV is watchable at that point.
But this guy would have no idea of what that option looks like. And the U-hauls? Those can take you to the Walmart in another state, but not to anywhere that has a factory paying $25/hour with benefits. The companies that have factories these days are paying Malaysians $25/week for a job that only needs a high school diploma or less. Jobs that used to be here in the US, where a blue collar worker could own a home, a couple of cars, and raise 9 kids being a welder his entire life. I saw my Grandad do that in San Diego with my own two eyes.
“Gore Vidal once said that the Chief Editor of the New York Times and the CEO of GM don’t need to actually conspire, because they both think the same sort of thoughts in the first place, otherwise they would not even be in the positions they are in. I think I see the same thing at work here. “
It’s what Tom Bethell and Joe Sobran called “The Hive”.