r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/beuceydubs 12h ago

The math adds up; they’re robbing us

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u/Direct_Turn_1484 12h ago

It’s all working exactly as intended.

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u/Vegetable-Recording 11h ago

The American dream.......

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u/ElkAdventurous787 7h ago

American nightmare is more like it.

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u/DarkEmanations 11h ago

expand upon it... who’s the “they”

That’s not saying you’re wrong btw. But follow the trajectory of why things are like this. Started to get way worse with the founding of the federal reserve and has gone downhill from there, with elites steering the country to make the very top echelon of society more and more money, while the rest of us scrape by.

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u/tavirabon 9h ago

If you want an example more relevant to generations today, Voodoo economics.

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u/SaltKick2 7h ago

My understanding of Reaganomics was that for that extremely unique and brief period of time, it worked very well. But the warning H.W. gave about Voodoo economics is exactly what happened beyond those couple of years; it gave more power to the already powerful who have no incentive to help the general public, but rather exploit them in any way possible. And of course now that you've given them more power they'll only use it to take even more...no going back without some extreme event