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Certain ethnic groups might disagree with how equal the past was.

• mapt 2y ago
  In 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 2y 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.