Life as it was before WW II (according to Buk - but not only...)

[5:28am]

You're forgetting that stupid crap is a byproduct of ferengi capitalism (see above). The 20th century thus marks a watershed of phony no less important than the adoption of agriculture. But in this regard Bukowski predates Jared Diamond's critique by over 3 decades.

So there.

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

So a 34 year old Bukowski is complaining about the world changing to a 54 year old Burnett? I'm sure Whit was impressed.

 

[Bruno Dante]

Worse = phony, fake, obsessed with stupid crap.

I think he'd have become more cynical with age and noticed this trait in people in whichever era he lived in. He's not exactly unique in that regard either.