• makyo@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re exactly right - the problem is that the people who always talk about the good old days are the ones who are yearning for a more white and more male world. And they don’t really care that those days weren’t good because of the whiteness and maleness; they were good because unions were strong and taxes on the rich were high, etc. which bolstered and strengthened the middle class.

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      8 months ago

      You’ve nailed the part where people (including people in this thread) are talking past each other. I’ll repeat it for those in the back:

      that those days weren’t good because of the whiteness and maleness; they were good because unions were strong and taxes on the rich were high

      We can have both.