Somehow I cannot muster much sympathy for these women

[ellid]

Not one of whom would last five minutes with the sort of crap I've had to deal with throughout my adult life.

Y'know, I'm not a radical. But sometimes A la lanterne les aristos! seems the only appropriate response.....

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[redstapler.livejournal.com]

1. FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!

2. These women have very specific problems, stemming from very specific circumstances. When so many people are committing suicide because of the markets, I feel like these women are smart to be building a support network for each other.

The materialism is stomach-turning, but the problems are real. Even if we want to slap them for it. ;)

[ellid.livejournal.com]

All very true. At the same time, I really, really do want to shake them. It could be so very much worse, and they seem completely oblivious; none of these women seems even close to the desperation that's causing subprime mortgage victims to kill themselves, and I have little doubt that five years from now they're going to be back to shopping at Barney's and eating at the finest restaurants as if nothing had happened.

Oh, did you click the link to their blog? "The rich are different from you and me..."

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

I confess, I didn't click the link. I don't like getting that angry this early in the morning.

[briony530.livejournal.com]

You are a much better person than I am. Whoever you are...

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

No matter how reprehensible they may be, they had a plan. And now that plan is sunk.

We may take pleasure in their realization that they're fucked, but I can also acknowledge their terror. As laughable as it might be. ;)