These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,… whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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    Stagnant wages, weakened unions, at-will employment, low corporate taxes, etc. All Reaganomics. Supply side economics. Basically destroyed the economic powerhouse that won the Cold War. It’s still a goliath, but instead of an immovable industrial bullwark its all debt driven gambling now. Speculation and financialization.

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      And who moved shit to China so it’s now much worse? Bill Clinton.

      And now not even US/EU cars are competitive anymore. Boeing is in decline. Intel is dying.
      Go into any store - nothing made in US anymore.

      Accept responsibility - it’s a Democrat bill Clinton doing

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        Both Clinton and Reagan were economic neoliberals. It is neoliberal policy that has fucked us.