[‘Merica] So, I just went to the grocery store. There was a security guard at the door who looked about 80 years old, maybe a hard 70

And like

A very senior citizens most likely forced to work a night shift because he can’t make ends meet, doing a job to ensure that people can’t shoplift food

Seems like the most on-the-nose metaphor for the current US

(He wasn’t a particularly spry-looking old man either, I’m pretty sure if someone walked at a brisk pace out of the store with an armful of ribeyes that he couldn’t have done anything about it other than phone it in on the radio)

yeah

That has some unpleasant and pointed symbolism to it, yes.