From the linked facebook page [0], translated with deepl:
> Larp 4 th of July is a morality drama about the lost American dream.
It is a story about hope, about a small homeland, about searching for one's place in the community.
> On July 4, 1776, the United States of America declared independence.
Newcomers from the Old Continent wanted to create a new state in America, built on democracy, freedom and equality. For decades, millions of people driven by the American dream were drawn to this beautiful country to finally become somebody, regardless of their birth or social class.
> More than two hundred years later, many Americans are living under different conditions than the nation's founding fathers imagined. Barely making ends meet, they strive to be family members and worthy Americans, despite poverty and exclusion. Though they live on the margins of society, their home - a small town cluttered with caravans and cottages wobbling in the wind - is for them the essence of 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'.
This is a story about them.
Somebody with a facebook account needs to tell them that "caravan" is British English. We say "RV." "Cottages" is a bit dicey, too. To Americans, a cottage sounds fancy.
edit: didn't register that this was an autotranslation...
Thanks for sharing. It gives more depth to the images and tells the story behind those images better imho than just the Twitter feed.
I did fantasy LARP in my late teens till my early thirties. And when organizing cons we would often have an underlying subtle theme that aimed for societal issues.
But this shoots our meager things way out of the water.
If you want more, there is [0] a background PDF. But with 13 pages it’s over the limits of the free version of Deepl, so you’d have to translate it piecemeal ;)
Everyone calling it "the land of opportunity" has no idea how expensive living inside is now and how little opportunity there really is. You might make a lot (although only if you are part of the PMC, laborers don't make enough to live which is why so many have dropped out and there's a "shortage" despite a surplus of unemployed men) but it nearly all goes to rent.
It's called the yellow Sun effect. Superman, an alien who is born for the red Sun of Krypton gets superpowers under the yellow Sun of earth.
As an immigrant, everything feels an easy mode (once you've paid your dues). The other side of this is that when you are from here, you grew up on easy mode, so it just feels like 'normal mode', which gets difficult the moment things go a bit difficult.
I have seen 2 BD apartments in NYC with 3-4 Asian families living there, and they still would rather be there than back home. While you think there's little opportunity (probably because those 3 families purchased that 2bd apartment for $700k which you want for your 2.5 kids family, and you can't afford it), whereas for them its opportunities everywhere.
This is quite true. Immigrants are more than willing to do what they can so that their kids have a better shot at life than they did, and the effect of that is that they will outperform the locals with great ease.
But the second generation is not going to be made of the same stuff, they tend to be soft. And in extreme cases end up being either statists or right wing because they find that they are more afraid of new entrants spoiling their easy lives by association.
It's a weird case of pulling up the ladder behind you, and I never understood any of this.
> Larp 4 th of July is a morality drama about the lost American dream. It is a story about hope, about a small homeland, about searching for one's place in the community.
> On July 4, 1776, the United States of America declared independence. Newcomers from the Old Continent wanted to create a new state in America, built on democracy, freedom and equality. For decades, millions of people driven by the American dream were drawn to this beautiful country to finally become somebody, regardless of their birth or social class.
> More than two hundred years later, many Americans are living under different conditions than the nation's founding fathers imagined. Barely making ends meet, they strive to be family members and worthy Americans, despite poverty and exclusion. Though they live on the margins of society, their home - a small town cluttered with caravans and cottages wobbling in the wind - is for them the essence of 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'. This is a story about them.
[0]: https://www.facebook.com/4thofJulyLarp