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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

I think they mean a single income household and being able to own a home

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 4 points 23 minutes ago

Yes, but also what OP posted. When the women and minorities "knew their place" and the queer folks just didn't exist in public.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 38 minutes ago

It is almost like if you kill off half the male population there is twice as much stuff and two women for every man. We just need another world war to get there am I riiight?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well grandpa seems to be enjoying it.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 46 minutes ago

Brining that trench energy and undiagnosed PTSD to family life

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 hours ago

Ballpark numbers (guesstimated by ChatGPT). In the 50s (after the ww2 explosion of the US industrial capacity) you came home after an 8 hour shift in a fridge making factory and had an income that could easily keep up 3 kids (including education), 2 cars, 1 stay at home wife and a house (like in The Simpsons). Since then the work productivity has risen 600% - 700%, yet the average income has risen less than 150% and the median icome less than 80%.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 57 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Hey now, they don't want to bring back everything from the 50s... Suggest bringing back the tax rates from those days, especially for the upper end of the income scale, and they'll look at you like you're crazy.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

Or there's the fact that union membership peaked in the 50s.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 60 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What they mean is that they wish they could be the grandfather

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 47 points 6 hours ago

Yeah they’re pissed that the cycle got broken and they never got their turn.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 99 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Don't forget about the intentional lack of people of color in this image!

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 36 minutes ago

Unless you're Norman Rockwell whome I think this artist is trying to be.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I mean in 1960 the "non-Hispanic white" population was 85.4%. Not to mention this is probably a single family. Though making one of the people black for diversity would be pretty funny. At least there's some women in there, but they've had to settle for two fifths.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 59 points 7 hours ago

"We had to leave the city to get away"

[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

The drugs and child abuse ones are still accurate.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 43 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And modern Americans are doing their damnedest to make the polio one true again as well.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

A solid 30% of Americans are trying their best to bring all of that image back.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 46 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"I can't get through my day without a shit ton of drugs"

tbqf me too

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't seen that one before. Is it "to be quite fair"?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] dharmacurious 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Damn, I had "Frank" instead of fair. Not enough people use frank D:

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

To be queer, Frank.

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Duranie@literature.cafe 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Self titled EP

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 11 points 7 hours ago

So wholesome.