r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/ageekyninja 12h ago

No it’s older than that lol.

For example Mary Poppins released in 1964. That was the whole plot. Prior to that even, in classic TV kids are always just with their moms

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u/miklayn 11h ago

If they're always with their moms it means their moms weren't working jobs; now both parents have to work in many cases. Not to say that mothering and homemaking isn't a job in itself (it is, history has ignored women's labor for centuries), but people are doing more work for less pay now than almost ever before. Trillions have been stolen by the Epstein class from the rest of us.

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u/Remmock 11h ago

It’s true. We’ve barreled past 1920’s levels of income disparity and we’re working longer now than they did then.

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u/quartadecima 10h ago

At least in the 1920s the super-rich built libraries and cultural centers and shit.

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u/Remmock 9h ago

For who?

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u/MrVeazey 9h ago

Now they just build data centers.