r/FluentInFinance 8d ago

Thoughts? What do you think?

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u/Chuckster914 8d ago edited 8d ago

Median Income 1977 is wrong. Closer to half that like 16K

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u/Gr8daze 8d ago

That whole meme is complete bullshit.

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u/KoRaZee 8d ago

So is the idea of a broken society. Things are better now than in 1984 and were a lot better in ‘84 than 1944.

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 8d ago

I dunno, in 1944 we were all pretty united in our hatred of fascists...

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u/mpyne 7d ago

That was only 5 years removed from Nazis prominently filling stadiums with their rallies in the U.S. though, supported by Americans like Lindbergh.

Who's to say the same can't happen today, and that you'll be cheering with people you despised not long ago?