One aspect I haven’t seen much discussion about is that WWII may have acted as a kind of giant social mixer. I mean this in the sense that people who might har

One aspect I haven’t seen much discussion about is that WWII may have acted as a kind of giant social mixer. I mean this in the sense that people who might hardly meet each today were thrown together often more or less as equals. At least within the (ok, very limited) bounds of the race and gender norms of the day. Today a programmer, middle manager or radiographer say can get to middle age without ever really “meeting” a labourer, truck driver or meat packer. I think that has pretty deep implications for labour solidarity.