It reminds me a little of WW2 and returning black soldiers in the South especially. Black soldiers had fought and died to protect their country. Returning veterans had gotten a taste of being treated like heroes (or just basic human beings), but returned to a world of being treated like trash. One theory goes that the civil rights movement of the 50’s was spurred on by the resentment of racist treatment and the reminder of how much better things could be.
It reminds me a little of WW2 and returning black soldiers in the South especially. Black soldiers had fought and died to protect their country. Returning veterans had gotten a taste of being treated like heroes (or just basic human beings), but returned to a world of being treated like trash. One theory goes that the civil rights movement of the 50’s was spurred on by the resentment of racist treatment and the reminder of how much better things could be.