“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

  • @some_guy
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    233 months ago

    This is the important detail. Europe was destroyed and the USA was able to flourish. Opportunities existed that will likely never exist again. Capitalism has never been as great as it was in the USA post-WWII.

    • @jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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      America was basically the only industrialized country that hadn’t been bombed to fuck. You had to be a clown to not succeed in that environment (or systemically oppressed, since opportunity in the US is always only for white people). Boomers took quality jobs making reliable products and moved those to low wage jobs making disposable products in China.

    • @lath@lemmy.world
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      63 months ago

      Ah, but the USA post-WWIII will be even better! Or at least growth capitalism suggests it will.

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      3 months ago

      Boomers Now: “hey if we blow up half the world again maybe it will help the economy, also I’m way too old to be drafted”