Saw a post about this at [email protected] and was a bit confused by exactly how badly the people there were going at each others throats in the comments. Nobody seemed able to agree on what precisely happened in 1971. Suggested explanations included:

  • Neoliberalism being declared the state religion by Grand Moff Richard Nixon
  • The gold standard being abolished
  • The oil crisis
  • The Republican and Democrat parties becoming increasingly divided
  • Declining birthrates
  • Institutional Racism

If any of you could give some explanations with, like, sources that aren’t just 10 pages of graphs with arrows pointing at 1971, that would be pretty great.

  • andyburke@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    It is. I will be fighting for them until we get it all back. 🤷‍♂️

    Edit: I think the commenter above edited their comment after I replied. What I replied to was a pithy “tell American women and trans people it’s a setback” with no real elaboration.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      So you do acknowledge that some of the above have been completely dismantled? That was the original discussion.

      Again, affirmative action is gone. As is the EEOA. As is federal protection for abortions. As is the acknowledgment that trans folks exist.

      These things literally do not exist anymore. They have to be completely resuscitated. And again, I didn’t say it’s all over and don’t try. So stop saying/implying that.

      • andyburke@fedia.io
        1·
        2 days ago

        You keep reading things into my comments that make me think either you are having a bad day or you’re not worth discussing this with. In either case: thanks, but I’ll be stepping out of this now.