the 90s that people were into. It was like a little game. It was sort of like, I think it predates magic, the gathering, although I don't know. It was something that I remember. I remember them happening, but I no way thought of it as a significant thing. But to some people it was, more people than I would have guessed. Yeah. Another thing that strikes me is when we talk about this kind of a version to success and concepts of selling out, I'm struck by the comparison to the 80s where success really was kind of the celebrated thing. A lot of these 80s movies, whether it was Michael J. Fox, The Secret of My Success, it was a lot of characters kind of made it, made a lot of money. Money was a big deal in the context of those films. And it kind of makes sense also when you combine it with the Reagan Revolution and the end of the 1970s and the reduction of taxes and deregulation. So like, the political elements are really interesting. I want to quote you one more time here because there's (35/57)
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