I think there is very much a connection between Bush's philosophy of life and the backstory we don't know. There has to be. Injustice was a part of life if you weren't one of the better sorts with the money and connections to make the road smoother.
Even the people at the top of the food chain -- like a book Edrington -- knew about the toughness of life. Of course they generally weren't on the receiving end. *wry*
I wish there was a way I could explain handily the social structure of the time and the cultural way it plays out but it's an enormously complex, organic animal that has historians waving their hands about madly and writing books with 239042378 pages that still don't explain it well.
While the society was rigid it was still permeable in some ways. The Naval ladder being one of those examples.
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Re: don't touch my uniform I hardly know you = we must get acquainted before i bend you over
Date: 2006-02-14 11:55 pm (UTC)Even the people at the top of the food chain -- like a book Edrington -- knew about the toughness of life. Of course they generally weren't on the receiving end. *wry*
I wish there was a way I could explain handily the social structure of the time and the cultural way it plays out but it's an enormously complex, organic animal that has historians waving their hands about madly and writing books with 239042378 pages that still don't explain it well.
While the society was rigid it was still permeable in some ways. The Naval ladder being one of those examples.