This has never been a perfect country, and I don’t pretend that. But, I mean, was there a specific moment when the needle scratched on the record? Sometime between, like, 1960 and 2000?
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1. Failure to prosecute Nixon, 1974 2. Election of Reagan, 1980 Somewhere in there, is my guess
aug 28, 2025, 1:52 pm • 1 0 • view
That feels right, and that’s the era where wages started not keeping up with inflation, wasn’t it?
aug 28, 2025, 2:03 pm • 1 0 • view
The Vietnam War probably figures into this too
aug 28, 2025, 2:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Also the disastrousness of our utter dependence on cheap foreign oil started to become clear right around the same time we pulled out of Vietnam
aug 28, 2025, 2:11 pm • 1 0 • view
I think so. I'd have to look it up to be sure.
aug 28, 2025, 2:07 pm • 1 0 • view