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> People want perspective. In the past, a working man could support a family of five, buy a house, a car and afford vacation once or twice a year, plus save eno
by red-iron-pine 3y ago
> People want perspective. In the past, a working man could support a family of five, buy a house, a car and afford vacation once or twice a year, plus save enough to retire comfortably.
Maybe during the 1950s, when two (2) World Wars had blasted multiple empires to dust and essentially gutted a generation of workers aka males between the ages of 18-40.
Sure enough the US, still standing after entering the wars late and not seeing huge casualties or direct combat in-country, was positioned to lead a post-war economic boom.
Now it's back to pre-war conditions, which curiously enough, resemble the Guilded Age, and its associated strikes