The Americans have something and want to show it off, thats why they're so hawkish. Thats what all this aliens stuff is about, they need pretense. At least in the novel I am working on
Big cat + tasteful breast poasters are one thing but thankyou European aristos for sending daughters to my big country town on the edge of the world, life is beautiful
Have been working full time in an office for three and a half years and spent around 8 in hosptiality before that and i think it was a terrible descision in some ways
The places i worked at were either boomer or left coded and i didnt see authenticity in the higher end establishemtns around. This was the wrong thing to value in this context and should have been biasing for aspiration