Trucks are indispensible tools for the farmer, the rancher, and the construction worker, and I imagine serving the men and women in these professions was the trucks original design. But lately, or perhaps for awhile now, it has seemed clear that the truck--specifically the Big Dumb Truck (BDT)--has taken on new significance, as a symbol of high status or gluttony, which one, I’m not sure. The two have a tendency to overlap in our society, where those dwelling in suburban McMansions stuffed with superfluities are revered for their supposed industriousness (plugging numbers), while a single mother or father working several jobs to keep a meager roof over his or her childrens’ heads is maligned. We are in a confused state, no doubt. Confused to the extent that the same suburban McMansioneers have seen fit to afford themselves BDTs, despite their great distance from the farm, the ranch, and the construction site. And what’s more, they drive their BDTs around like overlords on the road or highway, as though the proper attitude of everyone else should be to gawk and revere. Suffice to say, I think this is ridiculous to the extreme: the extent to which people flaunt their wealth is proportionate to the inadequacies of their character.
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