Few more basic truths than this, and so routinely ignored. A new Popeye's Chicken franchise just opened here, and you would think it was the second coming of Christ. I saw lines of people waddling up to it when I drove by on opening day. One of the big topics on our neighborhood Nextdoor social media page, between the lost dogs, people bickering, and constant virtue signaling, are odes to any new crappy chain restaurant opening up, which we seem to have an explosion of lately. The emotional love I see expressed over a hamburger can be disconcerting. And you can be pretty sure they aren't jogging down to the local Whataburger.
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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