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>Maybe people prefer informality to the Mad Men pretense of charm and authority. It's crazy that you can take the cultural conventions of respect and formality
by tsol 4y ago
>Maybe people prefer informality to the Mad Men pretense of charm and authority.
It's crazy that you can take the cultural conventions of respect and formality that have existed around the world and distill it down to "man men pretense". Some might say those cultural conventions have some value, and that's why they existed in the first place. I think people just have so little experience with these things that they totally forgot the purpose. I don't believe civility is out of fashion.
- BigRedDog1669 4y agoThe mad men model I meant isn't just civility and manners. It is a veneer of manners and charm but pushing off responsibility and externalities onto others because you have prestige. There is plenty of abusive behavior, adultery, and lying to family by the Mad Men characters.