Can't sustain one without the other.
Grey is just the cheapest paint that "the investors"* can buy. Last 20 years, every cycle. Grey.
It's not that they particularly like it. The look of being in a B/W movie or colorblindness. Like all life has been washed out.
70's interiors will never come back. Green, brown, orange shag carpet. Never again. "Never forget what they took from you."
Take your grey cuckbox rental and be happy, pleb! Be glad your local fast food is hiring after you're fired from a 20 year career in manufacturing.
China.
Grey. Lifeless. Inhuman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_design_psychology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory
PEr
Taper, plateau, taper.
Taper, replace, taper.
4 months behind schedule, like walking on rotten stilts.
Dali elephants, erosion of faith, without books or possessions.
Coming back home but home has changed. Except the cons.
The flat, lifeless eyes of people who expect nothing and get nothing.
Scowling black face of rap car driver. Tinted windows so alI saw were eyeballs.
American flag every color black.
The fat, rich, White bellies of conformist judgement. Collared shirts.
False fronts. Meticulous, perfect curb appeal faces and personas
Slapping new, grey (can't go wrong with GREY!) paint over rotten walls.
Bad bones. Dysfunction. Individual wealth over familial relations.
Status. Possessions > experience. Addiction to activity. To busyness.
Why did I come here again? Nights & Mornings are the *worst*.
Sense of place, I wish I never knew. "Culture is not your friend."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can't_Happen_Here
"China's Grand Plan to Take Over the World" (Forbes)
Authoritarian vs Decentralized societies regardless of economics.
Normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings. Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, & its potential adverse effects.
Normalcy bias of low expectations. "Keep San Antonio Lame" ha ha.
That can't happen here.
*https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Schismatrix
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Bugman conformity v Western, 'rugged individualism':
Spiral of Silence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence
The United States and Taiwan
A Cross Cultural Test of the Spiral of Silence by Huiping Huang analyzes the results of a telephone survey done in Taiwan and the United States. The hypotheses tested were the beliefs that the United States is an "individualistic" society, while Taiwan is a "collectivist" society. This suggested that the spiral of silence is less likely to be activated in the United States, because individuals are more likely to put emphasis on their personal goals. They put the "I" identity over the "we" identity, and strive for personal success. Therefore, it was hypothesized that they would be more likely to speak out, regardless of if they are in the minority. On the other hand, it was predicted that individuals in Taiwan put more emphasis on the collective goal, so they would conform to the majority influence in hopes of avoiding tension and conflict. The study also tested the effect of motives, including self-efficacy and self-assurance.
Telephone surveys were conducted; the citizens of the United States were questioned in regards to American involvement in Somalia, and the citizens of Taiwan about the possibility of a direct presidential election. Both issues focused on politics and human rights, and were therefore comparable. Respondents were asked to choose "favor," "neutral" or "oppose" in regards to the categories of themselves, family and friends, the media, society, and society in the future about the given issue. Measurements were also taken regarding the individualism and collectivism constructs, and the "motives of not expressing opinion" based on a 1–10 and 1–5 scale respectively, in approval of given statements.
Results showed support for the original hypothesis.
Overall, Americans were more likely to speak out than Taiwanese.
Being incongruous with the majority lessened the motivation of the Taiwanese to speak out (and they had a higher collectivist score), but had little effect on the Americans.
In Taiwan, future support and belief of society played a large role in likeliness to voice an opinion, and support that the activation of the spiral of silence is in effect. In the United States, it was hypothesized that because they were more individualistic, they would be more likely to speak out if in the minority, or incongruous group. However, this was not true, but Huang suggests that perhaps the issue chosen was not directly prevalent, and therefore, they found it "unnecessary to voice their objections to the majority opinion." Lack of self-efficacy led to lack of speaking out in both countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualism
