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>> Back in the 1970s, the working class was winning. On the other hand, There was a heroin epidemic, crime was skyrocketing, white flight was draining our citi

>> Back in the 1970s, the working class was winning. On the other hand, There was a heroin epidemic, crime was skyrocketing, white flight was draining our cities of tax dollars, pollution was terrible, we had lines for gasoline Not to mention US engineering and manufacturing started to decline. American started getting lazy and Japan started entering markets with superior products, soon to be followed by China and Mexico, ready to pounce with cheaper alternatives.

TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
The 2010s/20s had an opioid epidemic - funded by big pharma, so that's okay, I guess. Today corporate crime is endemic (ask the people involved in Greek bonds and 1MDB.) 500,000 people are bankrupted by the health care system every year, carbon pollution is literally endangering the entire planet, the US has some of the lowest educational standards and poorest social mobility in the developed world, and the US establishment solution to a relatively straightforward health threat like Coronavirus is an ongoing fiasco. And... the lines for gasoline were caused by OPEC constraints on gasoline, not by feckless poor people agitating for their rights.
newacct583 6y ago
... Are you blaming labor unions for the oil embargo?