This is my biggest beef with the Left. There was an article in the NY Times about how the Right took over the NRA. Back in the 1970s the NRA was a hunting club. Some smart pols came in and turned it into a money making machine.
This is my biggest beef with the Left. There was an article in the NY Times about how the Right took over the NRA. Back in the 1970s the NRA was a hunting club. Some smart pols came in and turned it into a money making machine.
I am trying to understand what that has to do with the topic of the thread. Or what manner of “beef with the left” you have due to the described situation
The topic of the thread is the death of the American dream. We lost the class war because the Left wasn’t focused on the actual mechanics of achieving political power. My ‘beef’ is that many Left organizations seem to think that getting a million people to march will solve things, while the Right knows that putting $100,000 in the correct pocket will do much more.
When you were starting out, you were the inexperienced person. You do indeed make more money with experience, but that has NOTHING to do with the chart. It shows averages today and fifty years ago. Your commentary on it implies that the workplace has somehow become inexperienced in that fifty years, which is patently absurd. Workers are simply paid less today, regardless of experience level.
Like I wrote. In 1970, a good Union job could support a family of four with plenty of luxuries. A high school graduate could be instantly self supporting with a minimum wage job paying for a one bedroom apartment and a car. By you chart the years to pay off the debt went up about 75% from 1923 to 1973 and more than doubled from 1973 to 2013.
Or people could recognise they’re being robbed blind by the bourgeoisie and organise
This is my biggest beef with the Left. There was an article in the NY Times about how the Right took over the NRA. Back in the 1970s the NRA was a hunting club. Some smart pols came in and turned it into a money making machine.
Not quite sure what point are you making here. Could you elaborate, please?
I am new to this site. Which commnet are you talking about?
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I am trying to understand what that has to do with the topic of the thread. Or what manner of “beef with the left” you have due to the described situation
The topic of the thread is the death of the American dream. We lost the class war because the Left wasn’t focused on the actual mechanics of achieving political power. My ‘beef’ is that many Left organizations seem to think that getting a million people to march will solve things, while the Right knows that putting $100,000 in the correct pocket will do much more.
Thanks for the explanation
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TIL that older generations knew everything from birth. That explains a lot.
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When you were starting out, you were the inexperienced person. You do indeed make more money with experience, but that has NOTHING to do with the chart. It shows averages today and fifty years ago. Your commentary on it implies that the workplace has somehow become inexperienced in that fifty years, which is patently absurd. Workers are simply paid less today, regardless of experience level.
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Of course some things have improved in fifty years. But technology isn’t tied to inflation.
In fact technology should have made things much cheaper. In 1970, prople expected to be able to afford the same life style working fewer hours.
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Like I wrote. In 1970, a good Union job could support a family of four with plenty of luxuries. A high school graduate could be instantly self supporting with a minimum wage job paying for a one bedroom apartment and a car. By you chart the years to pay off the debt went up about 75% from 1923 to 1973 and more than doubled from 1973 to 2013.
So modern day workers are just worse, and thus are paid less? Is that what you are saying?