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In some cases, people used to look at other's shoes to see what type of wealth (or class) they had. Usually, richer people would have fancier shoes, and poorer, or middle class, would have more normal ones.
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Optimism can still be present in case something goes wrong with the new world and we have another problem or there are people who just aren't optimistic.
I think the answer would be a because there would be more attention brought to the subject.
