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> From 1945 to Reagan may have been one of the most extraordinary times for the “middle class” of any nation in the history of the world. Yes, but not the poor
by IAmBroom 2mo ago
> From 1945 to Reagan may have been one of the most extraordinary times for the “middle class” of any nation in the history of the world.
Yes, but not the poor.
> The distribution of wealth kept pace with the advances of efficiency.
For the middle class. Short-term.
> What a privilege it must be to have been an adult in a non-discriminated class during that period, and the honeymoon phase that kept steam until the Great Recession.
Ding! There's the truth, finally said out loud: The Reagan years were great for white, upper- to middle-class, hetero, Judeo-Christian men. If they didn't have AIDS. Or mental health needs.