Veblen vs. The Swans: It Ain't Over, But This Is the Conclusion

Prompt No. 27: "Social Inertia, Psychological Inertia, Conservatism" and (Ironically) A Few of My Favorite Things

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Let’s cut to the chase. I have explained much of  Thorstein Veblen’s incredibly dense “Theory of the Leisure Class” through FX’s limited series Capote vs. The Swans. Was this an ambitious, possibly ludicrous undertaking? To the point where I likely won’t do it a…