I’ll likely be using this essay next semester when I teach my lecture on Tocqueville and democratic envy. You’ve perfectly captured the soul-cleaving jealousy of a neighbor displaying even the smallest relative advantage. It’s what feeds into America’s restlessness in the face of prosperity, and (according to Tocqueville) is the animating force of our inexplicable early economic power! Thanks so much for this chuckle, Tim!
I’ll likely be using this essay next semester when I teach my lecture on Tocqueville and democratic envy. You’ve perfectly captured the soul-cleaving jealousy of a neighbor displaying even the smallest relative advantage. It’s what feeds into America’s restlessness in the face of prosperity, and (according to Tocqueville) is the animating force of our inexplicable early economic power! Thanks so much for this chuckle, Tim!
ah yes, finally the giant skellingtons kiss will happen.
justice for sheila!