>Hmm, or a frightened people putting on a happy face? Times are "good"
>and the memory of bad times looms large. I'd say this is like saying
>you are "satisfied" on a a tightrope 400 feet above the cement ---
>satisfied you aren't plummeting earthward.
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And Dougster Baby these numbers what do they *mean* ferpity'sake?
Aren't those numbers pretty stable?
And doesn't the ideology of meritocratic individualism have much to do with this attitude: If I don't like my job it's my fault, so the best answer to give is that I like my job, otherwise sumpins wrong with me.