the 80's were hellish, the culmination of the precipitous descent into anti intellectualism and cocaine addicted psychopathy. as the movie american psycho shows. by the end of the 70's the rhetoric in the clubs the gyms and on the street was becoming increasingly vicious, sadistic even, fueled by the narcissistic delusions and cranked up aggressions to finally culminate in numerous murders even in formerly fairly tranquil places like vancouver.  picrel; marvin was a nightclub owner dealing huge amounts of coke. he lived in a mansion that took up an entire city block out in point grey. but his hobby included strong arming people, sub dealers who owed him mere chump change. he slapped the guy around over $10k. then he slapped the guys wife around and the husband went frantic and stabbed marv with a kitchen knife right in the guts. he staggered outside the apartment building (as his hell's angels nomad backup jumped out the apartment patio and fled the scene) and collapsed, bellowing like a dying dog right across the street from kits beach. i knew him well. also, it rained all summer every summer for the entire decade. truly a dark evil depressing time.
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