Summary

The people who historically vote for the left, Owens argues, are “people who regret their life choices and need to dissolve internal regret via some intangible, external force” (177). Owens cites the story of her friendship with Alexa who she met interning one summer in New York for a fashion magazine. Alex was waitressing and pursuing a career in acting. However, a few weeks into the internship, Alex quit. She cited “no value in working at a corporation filled with unhappy women who were of no consequence to her life’s ambitions” (179). Over the years, Owens pursued a steady path of working to pay off her student debt and Alexa wandered aimlessly. Eventually, when Alexa had hit a rough patch in her life, Owens suggested for Alexa to take a job at her firm. She was offered the job, but rejected it in the...