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eppur_se_muova

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6. Maybe some emphasis should be put on the role of social/peer pressure put on men to live up to unrealistic expectations

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 06:56 PM

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at a time when fulfilling those expectations was/is well on its way to being outlawed by forces beyond their control.

It's like feeling desperation and despair because you can't stop earthquakes from coming, except shadowy orgs/corps out there are deliberately producing all manner of social "earthquakes", and no one realizes it until it's basically too late.

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Bruce Springsteen's Father Complicates a Powerful American Narrative [View all] Coventina Monday OP

Richard Reeves isn't suggesting that we bring back factory jobs... BluesRunTheGame Monday #1

I don't know who Richard Reeves is, the author of the piece is Coventina Monday #2

Check the last sentence in the first paragraph of your OP. BluesRunTheGame Monday #3

The author doesn't accuse Reeves of saying that factory / mining should be brought back. Coventina Monday #4

I couldn't read the whole article. BluesRunTheGame Monday #5

Maybe some emphasis should be put on the role of social/peer pressure put on men to live up to unrealistic expectations eppur_se_muova Monday #6