The shear between the material fact of people&#x27;s lives and their perceived social standing has never been greater.<p>Steinbeck and people of his era had the gentle and naif conceit that something can be done about this. We <i>DID</i> many of those things, and this is the result.<p>The behavior of our Corporate Overlords is one millionth of the behavior of each of us.<p>I suspect we do this to ourselves.