I read a meme the other day.
“ the library is the only public space that you are allowed to exist without any explanation of spending money”
Normally I would chuckle, share and move on, but it stuck with me. So last night I find myself at the mall.
I understand that the online market did most of the damage. But it began earlier than that. There was an arcade in my mall when I was young, and we went to Tilt (the arcade) with the intention of spending money. Either we would meet up there, or parents would drop the kids there wile they went shopping.
In the late 80’s/early 90’s every mall started to push out the arcade. Most people believe it was the home consoles that did it but it was this simply act that was the beginning of the end for the great monuments of consumerism.
Denial of these kids a place to exist peacefully created a an environment of persecution board cops with nothing to do but harass kids, kids like me, long hair, leather metal shirts.
End part 1.
to be continued.
