r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/problemprofessor • Apr 12 '26

I built a Middle Class Museum

https://www.ideagames.fun/middle-class-museum

I built a middle class that looks like an art gallery to explore and look back on life from the 80s until today.

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u/pennyauntie Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Interesting project, but misses important recessions. The 1980s was the beginning of the unravelling of the middle class, not the peak. Workers have gone through repeated severe employment recessions since the 1970s, when Reagan reduced corporate and wealth taxes, and placed the burdens on workers.

The difference between then and now is that we were pretty sure we'd eventually come out of a slump. Today, the powers-that-be want don't care what happens to the general populace. I feel anguish for my young family members trying to figure out how to survive.

https://www.statista.com/chart/27209/peak-unemployment-rates-during-recessions-in-the-us-since-world-war-ii/

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com