[paulcole]

> this nation has changed dramatically in the last few decades...the elites have clamped down on the little people in so many ways

Wait until you learn about slavery.

> but the amazing thing was that the other characters did not think the relationship was unusual at all...nowadays, in a movie or in the media, such a relationship would be portrayed as scandalous...

Wow, it’s almost like standards for what’s acceptable evolve.