@dnddeutsch @homegrown when you rent an apartment, you can't move in immediately. You have to pay a deposit, you have to clear a credit check, etc.

When you join a club or political party, you aren't a member immediately, a human has to approve your application for membership.

"Arrives the next day" shipping from Amazon and corporate social media has made people impatient, but historically, very few things happened instantaneously. Instant gratification is a very, very recent phenomenon.