Column: Entropy -- a city and a civilization By Charles Jeanes September 17th, 2023‘ “To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich. Nelson and discontents of class conflictThere are those who feel disenchanted with Nelson’s changed conditions as the city ‘develops’, and those who see growth as positive. Canadians don’t generally use language describing social class, since we’re ‘all middle-class’. https://proteanmag.com/2022/04/20/belonging-nowhere-cynthia-cruzs-the-melancholia-of-class/Readers know the meaning of the word “gentrification” and how our city has been “gentrified.” Class conflict exists. Decline, not FallOne never knows when a civilization passes its “best-before date;” I will hazard to say the West passed it.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2023 19:39 UTC