I’d hate to see what some rich people ex. the railroad people built for the people who took their trains. The Vanderbilt family with Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
When reading books like “Grapes of wrath” you get an inkling of what it might be like to be truly, excruciatingly poor, but I doubt if these days, even 100 people a year in our country read that book. in the 50’s or 60’s a movie was made of the book, but there hasn’t been a remake AFAIK. Myths pop up, like for our native people, of “The Noble Savage”, which is no doubt a myth. There is also a myth of the "The Noble Poor, or “the Home-free”. People who don’t want to play the game of (get ahead). There are the Preppers, who live a somewhat minimum way, but with long term food in store , and guns and ammo and Bug-out bags. However the Homeless are not usually Happy Campers. Most are mentally ill and a lot of them suffer from lack of healthcare, rotted painful teeth, and other disabilities. This portrays the "Homeless man as content and sane, more like what we used to have as middle class.It is a step in the right direction though.
Phred Premium Member over 7 years ago
Think legacy. Gone and away approach every day.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Usually the rich when they do it does so after their death, not before.
Jim Kerner over 7 years ago
I’d hate to see what some rich people ex. the railroad people built for the people who took their trains. The Vanderbilt family with Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
pam Miner over 7 years ago
When reading books like “Grapes of wrath” you get an inkling of what it might be like to be truly, excruciatingly poor, but I doubt if these days, even 100 people a year in our country read that book. in the 50’s or 60’s a movie was made of the book, but there hasn’t been a remake AFAIK. Myths pop up, like for our native people, of “The Noble Savage”, which is no doubt a myth. There is also a myth of the "The Noble Poor, or “the Home-free”. People who don’t want to play the game of (get ahead). There are the Preppers, who live a somewhat minimum way, but with long term food in store , and guns and ammo and Bug-out bags. However the Homeless are not usually Happy Campers. Most are mentally ill and a lot of them suffer from lack of healthcare, rotted painful teeth, and other disabilities. This portrays the "Homeless man as content and sane, more like what we used to have as middle class.It is a step in the right direction though.