Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Lonely rich people can pay psychiatrists to listen to them. Lonely poor people have no options but trying to buttonhole meter readers and calling telephone psychics.

This is an alienated, lonely culture. Miss Cleo offered the only friendly, understanding voice a lot of her customers ever heard. If she hadn't been bankrupting them with high per minute prices, chances are her employees would still be taking calls and praised for providing a service.