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Diane. Ribbentrop's avatar

one answer massive greed and narcissism. voters were , ill-informed, gullible, lied to but they voted for all these criminals Trump being the absolute worst

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I listened to the audio book and have not seen the fictionalized movie yet. The author is young, and she really spent quality time trying to experience the nomad existence. In the pages there's quite a mixture of romance of the road juxtaposed with financial, food, medical, and housing insecurity.

The nomads of the book are mostly Boomers. They grew up post World War II in a grateful nation that knew the troops coming home deserved jobs, housing, health care, education, and a decent retirement. White troops that is. Then came the movements of the 60's and 70's. Maybe that's why some seniors believe ALL of us deserve the necessities of life. Of course the Boom generation is also plagued with those among them that think: If you are rich you did things right, and If you are poor you must have done something wrong. That's such an immoral and unrealistic dogma whether you are young or old. Sadly such folks want to claim Christ as their guiding light, but we all know what he taught about the least of us.

Lastly, "living rough" should not be illegal. Support local ordinances to ban harassment of those in that circumstance.

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