Everyone can tell something is dreadfully wrong with the world. “Everybody’s having them dreams”, as Dylan said. I don’t know what it was but something happened on Labor Day Weekend 2022 which changed everything. Maybe the utter pointlessness of this destruction that is being wreaked upon america is really hitting home with many americans. Maybe it was Biden’s weird speech 2 days prior, where people sat up and understood that this is not a temporary issue that is going away soon.
Why do I say this? Because of oddball things I saw happen over the last few days, which show a growing anger within people. Two things happened in my business that I’d never seen before. Actions people took that show the complete disregard for the generally accepted rules of polite society. Two different groups of people were acting extremely entitled and irrational. All the while they pretended like it was normal behavior.
Then I was at the dentist for 20 minutes this week and 2 separate women were being exceptionally rude to the staff over trivial things. One lady was arguing over the size of a filling. When I left she was still there, engaged in a sort of mexican stand-off with the receptionist. I don’t even know what she was trying to accomplish.
I saw some of the most aggressive driving I’ve ever seen. Not typical road rage, this was a person who was really angry for no traffic-induced reason.
I saw the UFC just had a fight break out back stage, where they had to cancel some portion of an event. UFC boss Dana White said of the issue, “It has never happened before.”
Everything is changing in america, and the speed of change is increasing. I can’t pinpoint any one thing that happened on Labor Day Weekend, just a noticeable change in the attitude of the people. The old order is falling away. New rules that govern society will be written. The actions of people will grow increasingly desperate and angry.
As they grow poorer with a rapidity, americans feel in their hearts that they deserve to get only the best treatment and are even entitled to it. Any slight makes them wildly upset. As their living standards fall away they are lashing out, desperate to cling to a better life they once had.
Like Ol’ Remus said, “Stay away from crowds.”
