Rok, nothing is more comfortable than having hot buttered popcorn, while watching a good movie; and it's best in a movie theater.
I enjoyed this luxury before the mall closed. It closed for reasons related to that thread I've presented. All of the business closings that happened right around me, also happened all over this country, yet nobody became alarmed, or put the pieces together.
While I can no longer enjoy "a movie buttered bag of popcorn" close by, millions of people all over this country suffered much greater losses. It seems that those who suffered no discomfort, as a result of those events, could care less about those who came upon serious hard times, due to those events.
Your comments, "there will always be poor people, especially in St. Louis" are quite true; but not so many at one time, that's what changes the game, and when every major city in the USA, has the same problem, it's cause for serious concern.
"Nero fiddled, while Rome burned"; we enjoy hot buttered popcorn and a good movie, while the good ole USA goes down the drain.
The most serious aspect of poverty is "culture change"; I am afraid, with good reason, of going back to a neighborhood I lived in for 30 years. When people are born into a world where selling dope is the only way to make a living, we're in trouble.
Since Frogman wouldn't let me get back to our regularly scheduled program, I wonder how does he like this one. But I still say;
Enjoy the music.