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US Politics 17w

justinian

 Main reason why life is economically harder now than it was from the 1950s-1990s.
#poll
Deregulation + Corporate greed
Military spending + War on Terror
Outsourcing to China and Mexico
Decline of community organizations
“We actually live better today”
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Anonymous 17w

Not the main reason, but Government also regulated (incorrectly) stuff like bulldozing homes to be built for highways, ripping out tram lines, banning mixed use areas. This was because of lobbying from car companies, side effect of red lining, etc.

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Anonymous 17w

The answer is deregulation and corporate greed

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Anonymous 17w

A government paralyzed by partisan warfare, which lets capitalism run amok, along with globalization and flight of industry to where labor is cheapest.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

nuh uh… China umm they uh… yea

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17w

Capitalism running amok is the goal, “partisan” warfare is an orchestrated distraction that lets it happen

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 17w

It wasn’t always this way but it has been for decades

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