re: Why I would want to live in the late 1930's

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Many moons ago, my grandpa told me how they had only a very few shot gun shells to hunt for food because they had very little money to buy ammo.

They had better make sure that every shot count because one bullet or shot gun shell was very expensive because of the lack of money they had.

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My father grew up this way. They didn't even have electricity or toilet until he was in his teens.

Yet all of his kids have advanced college degrees. We grew up poor by any current standard. Something I'm thankful for more as I get older and now am a father to be.

I grew up poor enough to realize that--despite my success--I could be poor again. Keeps one both humble and confident.

Modern people have no idea what poor or real poverty is. I worry what happens as we get further and further separated from it he realities of the true human condition.