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NOT to create an economically equal nation. Just a nation with as much economic inequality as the 60's, or even the 90's. A type of society in living memory,
by mapt 1y ago
NOT to create an economically equal nation. Just a nation with as much economic inequality as the 60's, or even the 90's. A type of society in living memory, which is today beyond the imagination of policymakers.
- giantg2 1y agoCertain ethnic groups might disagree with how equal the past was.
- mapt 1y agoIn terms of social demographic equality, I'm explicitly not saying that it was equal, just "more equal". The differences between a white minimum wage worker and a black minimum wage worker in the 60's were significant, but... A minimum wage worker in the 60's, whatever their race, is a hell of a lot closer to indentured/enslaved servitude than to a billionaire. "In this America, the three wealthiest men (Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg) own more wealth than the bottom half of our society – over 165 million people." Our political system appears to be aimed squarely at redistributing all human agency and happiness into one utility monster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_monster
- giantg2 1y ago"A minimum wage worker in the 60's, whatever their race, is a hell of a lot closer to indentured/enslaved servitude than to a billionaire." That's true for any time period.