Cultural readings

Watched "Letters From An Unknown Woman" Wednesday night, bringing me to 498.  Interesting film, and I liked it, but a part of me was like...what the fuck, because, well, if women think like this... oi.  I am also in the middle of season three of "Justified," and it is pretty good.

Might have posted this before, but I think this is mostly right, and I also suspect that religious views play a role here, as well; most liberals, especially of the SJW tribe, don't have any, or very few, and thus can't engage their counterparts on this matter.  Alas.

http://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/12/16/13924742/mark-lilla-identity-politics-liberalism-trump-clinton-race-2016-election

http://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/12/21/14023688/donald-trump-white-working-class-republican-democrats-justin-gest

I think this is largely true, and I give the guy credit for implying that relative decline is still perceived decline, which is the problem...

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-22/u-s-economic-ills-are-cultural-too

Also true too, and see my previous point about religion...

All of the presents are wrapped, which for me is a major victory in and of itself...I note I have more boxes and fewer bags this year, so I may have to remedy that going forward, or get used to more wrapping...