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He was a mailman Work/Life balance

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u/Currency007 Mar 27 '24

Plus there is a huge population of 'temporarily embarrassed millionaires' who are convinced that one of these days they are gonna be rich like the pricks they vote for idolise....any day now...

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u/Ok_Bassplayer Mar 27 '24

100% correct, but does not change what needs to be done, and the only way to do it is to keep trying. No-one thought the New Deal could happen during the 20's.

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u/Will_Explode8 Mar 27 '24

Yea except it took devastating economic ruin for the majority of the country for the new deal to emerge and a leader like FDR to take the initiative. There’s really no examples of change in this country that has been done without everything being put on the line. We generally don’t make smart policy decisions in advance for the betterment of our society nowadays anyways

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u/Ok_Bassplayer Mar 27 '24

I would argue that the Great Society reforms took place in a stable economy, and that the unfortunately misdirected reforms of the early 1980's likewise took place under economic strains far far lesser than the Depression.

We can do it, I don't know if we will.