i went to the surly tailgate before the wyoming debacle with 4th&five, his wife, and my wife. my wife has no idea this place exists and is highly confused as to what's going on. i hand immamac a hundred bucks and grab some brisket (which to this day i am still amazed that imma could make such a tasty brisket) and booze and linger around the edges. my wife, confused, asks me wtf is going on and so i tell her all these people congregate on the internet and call each other dipshits over inconsequential banalities and occasionally lose their minds over sports. i point to imma and add that he administrates the site and that's why i handed him the money. anyway, my wife, who is recovering from growing up in an adventist family says "you know, for a guy that fancies himself as having a fairly enlightened perspective on the history of christianity, i find it pretty amusing that you are apparently loosely part of a congregation of idiots that are led by jesus christ himself." i chortled.
but yes, the economy is humming while at the same time, is not egalitarian in the distribution of the benefits. both are completely true.