The lesson is perhaps to be careful what you dream - for it just might come true and not really be what you want after all?

No, because we *really* want our children to go back to being share-croppers...

As the quote says in the top-linked site when you google Malvina Reynolds, "Democracy is based on the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people." That is just as relevant for those whose best bet at a decent life for their families is a "little box on the hillside", as it is for people who find they can make a living through performing and can then look down on the "ordinary people" who listen to their music.

Graham.