That is something I thought of only after completing the post. The chain of abuse leads back to Fordly society that keeps the Savage Reservation as... well...
I suppose simply being separate and having better wealth and technology is bad enough. But, Fordly society apparently feels it their right to, every so often, go through and examine them like they're animals in a cage.
So, with Linda the effectively abandoned and John her son, they have a target for their anger.
It doesn't justify their treatment of her. She's not as much a victim as they (she, after all, had access to healthcare that they lack, as well as a certainty of being able to eat), but she is a victim of Fordly society. I have to imagine some compassion would have gone as long a way as the abuse.
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Date: 2017-11-06 11:56 pm (UTC)I suppose simply being separate and having better wealth and technology is bad enough. But, Fordly society apparently feels it their right to, every so often, go through and examine them like they're animals in a cage.
So, with Linda the effectively abandoned and John her son, they have a target for their anger.
It doesn't justify their treatment of her. She's not as much a victim as they (she, after all, had access to healthcare that they lack, as well as a certainty of being able to eat), but she is a victim of Fordly society. I have to imagine some compassion would have gone as long a way as the abuse.