VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 months agoInstead we got a trillion dollar mandiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down17
arrow-up1996arrow-down1imageInstead we got a trillion dollar mandiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squarerayyy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoSixty years ago you could graduate from high school, get a job, buy a car, get married, buy a house, buy a boat and raise kids all on one salary. People had a future to look forward to then.
minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThen get drafted, go to Vietnam, maybe come home but bring irreversible trauma with you.
minus-squarePhunter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoHmmm maybe we could try to bring back the good thing without bringing back the bad thing. It would be nice if it were possible.
Sixty years ago you could graduate from high school, get a job, buy a car, get married, buy a house, buy a boat and raise kids all on one salary. People had a future to look forward to then.
Then get drafted, go to Vietnam, maybe come home but bring irreversible trauma with you.
Hmmm maybe we could try to bring back the good thing without bringing back the bad thing. It would be nice if it were possible.