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23. Plus that prosperity period also saw the civil rights movement

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:05 PM

Nov 21

And the sexual revolution. Granted we did benefit greatly from Europe being destroyed in the war, but we had a much tighter social fabric.

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Middle Class Is Buckling After Five Years of Inflation [View all] applegrove Nov 21 OP

Trickle down economics Henry203 Nov 21 #1

Two different economic models Henry203 Nov 21 #21

Plus that prosperity period also saw the civil rights movement EdmondDantes_ Nov 21 #23

Shorthand for "since the Pandemic" maxsolomon Nov 21 #26

Things have never been so good for the top 1%. sop Nov 21 #2

Ground beef is an essential? Eww Blues Heron Nov 21 #3

For some people, yes. haele Nov 21 #16

It's traditionally been a cheaper meat among beef. EdmondDantes_ Nov 21 #24

Nothing ever comes back down. Inflation creates a new normal every year. bucolic_frolic Nov 21 #4

Stores I shop now sell bananas individually -- like candy bars. nt allegorical oracle Nov 21 #8

DEflation is worse than inflation Fiendish Thingy Nov 21 #17

That's the lesson these MAGA idiots can't fathom misanthrope Nov 21 #29

Exactly. These are costs to all of society not just the middle class. NoMoreRepugs Nov 21 #7

Trump and his fellow travelers don't care misanthrope Nov 21 #30

Wages Johnny2X2X Nov 21 #9

Extended periods of years? MichMan Nov 21 #15

We all had it better under Biden than Trump. W_HAMILTON Nov 21 #22

That is not an absolute truth Fiendish Thingy Nov 21 #19

The CEO of Krogers Blue Full Moon Nov 21 #12

You pay more for less newdeal2 Nov 21 #14

Most of the clothing stores have closed in my area. Trueblue Texan Nov 21 #27

That's the plan misanthrope Nov 21 #28