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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For 40 years

Everything was so great for the working class before...(checks notes)...1984...

yeesh.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Inflation-adjusted minimum wage in 1985 is $9.51. Still shit, but better than much of the US today.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ronald Reagan and the Chicago School of Economics opened the doors to neoliberalism and its nefarious consequences we see today

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dont forget Pinochet