Barry Goldwater wrote the right wing manifesto in 1960 and each righty since Nixon has been trying to follow the plan. It's called neo-liberalism and it poisons everything it touches.
I started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.
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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Barry Goldwater wrote the right wing manifesto in 1960 and each righty since Nixon has been trying to follow the plan. It's called neo-liberalism and it poisons everything it touches.
rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Everything was so great for the working class before...(checks notes)...1984...
yeesh.
doingthestuff@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.
drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
Ronald Reagan and the Chicago School of Economics opened the doors to neoliberalism and its nefarious consequences we see today
FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Dont forget Pinochet
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y
Never