In A Flap

Anyone who has been to Madame’s page knows she has recently been to a 1920s themed party.  I myself was at one earlier this year put on by some colleagues across the state, one where the ladies were dressed as Flapper Girls, and the men in cool hat wear.  It was a lot of harmless fun.

However, as a historian, I feel I should point out that in the 1920s, there was a lot of partying and diversion going on, speculative behavior in the “markets” was high, the income inequality gap was widening rapidly and markedly, the middle class was stretched to the breaking point, and the wealthy seemed to have all of the advantages and were increasing their already considerable wealth dramatically.

Let us hope that this period is not prelude to what transpired in the period that followed (Depression and World War).

Because I would truly despise it if that “80 year cycle crowd” were even a little correct (and not just because they are so smug, lol).