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>Life was great in the 50s. Americans in the 50s were a lot happier than Americans in the 2020s, very little mental illness or obesity, housing was affordable,
by logicchains 3y ago
>Life was great in the 50s.
Americans in the 50s were a lot happier than Americans in the 2020s, very little mental illness or obesity, housing was affordable, people weren't at each others' throats like nowadays.
- morsch 3y agoAlso: much lower income inequality. Strange, huh. And the average family income was 4400 USD, ie. 50000 USD in 2023, so pretty much the 18000 USD per capita we started with. Shame about the institutional racism, mysoginy, homophobia, etc though.