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re: The 80's vs. 2010's
Posted on 8/31/14 at 1:36 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 8/31/14 at 1:36 am to SaintlyTiger88
There was an optimism that doesn't exist anymore.
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Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:16 am to HappyTownTiger
Agree.
In the '80s people thought that the US was a great country getting better and that their lives were on an upward trajectory.
Today the zeitgeist is that we live in a country past its peak, going through a slow, sad decline. Average wages are DOWN something like 25% relative to 10 years ago. If you have a job, you're pretty much stuck in whatever low wage position you currently hold forever. 1/3 of the population is on some form of welfare.
I'd prefer to live in a perpetual 1980s for the optimism alone. There hasn't been good news in America for a decade.
In the '80s people thought that the US was a great country getting better and that their lives were on an upward trajectory.
Today the zeitgeist is that we live in a country past its peak, going through a slow, sad decline. Average wages are DOWN something like 25% relative to 10 years ago. If you have a job, you're pretty much stuck in whatever low wage position you currently hold forever. 1/3 of the population is on some form of welfare.
I'd prefer to live in a perpetual 1980s for the optimism alone. There hasn't been good news in America for a decade.
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