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I'm not an expert on US history, yes. I was aiming for "well before 1900, about the time of the first industrial boom" and "slightly before the mergers and acqu

I'm not an expert on US history, yes. I was aiming for "well before 1900, about the time of the first industrial boom" and "slightly before the mergers and acquisitions craze of the 80s". The US had the or one of the best fed, healthiest, best educated populations in the world around 1900. That was a clear success and it didn't start then.

astrange 5y ago
It was good around 1880-1900 while Reconstruction was going but got bad again for anyone non-white a bit after when eg they elected Woodrow Wilson who was absolutely insanely racist.