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No smartphones, no internet, no entertainment-on-demand, fewer rights for minorities, fewer rights for women, less capable medicine, more expensive food and clo
by vacri 10y ago
No smartphones, no internet, no entertainment-on-demand, fewer rights for minorities, fewer rights for women, less capable medicine, more expensive food and clothing, fewer shopping hours, less safe transport, less safe workplaces, more expensive and shorter-ranged travel, less environmental protections, etc, etc, etc.
All this stuff is conveniently ignored when comparing against previous generations.
- mywittyname 10y agoI'm not sure why you're being down-voted so much. It's undeniable that our quality of life have improved dramatically since 1940.
- vacri 10y agoPeople whose identity is wrapped up in how hard they have it can have trouble when it's pointed out that maybe it's not so bad after all.