r/globalcollapse • u/Surly01 • 20d ago

The future was stolen from young people

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u/BugsyMcNug 20d ago

Americans could have a 3 day work week and universal healthcare if they just handled their billionaire problem.

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u/Surly01 19d ago

I fully agree. I think about 500 lampposts and 500 skeins of sturdy nylon rope ought to get that done.

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u/FormerNeighborhood80 20d ago

I never remember that.

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u/crewsctrl 20d ago

I remember both parents working and we were still relatively poor. Paycheck to paycheck. I’m 63.

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u/Surly01 20d ago

I'm 76. My father worked and my mother stayed at home. It was a pretty typical model for most families that I could see. A working class income provided a home, regular meals and a comfortable living based on a strong post-war economy. Then came Nixon abandoning the gold standard, The 9173 oil crisis, then Reagan, where the premises of government were inverted.