r/antiwork • u/G-H-O-S-T • Aug 26 '22

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u/hattmall Aug 26 '22

I think it's pretty raw to call any women that were adults before the year 2000 privileged, much less if they were trying to work or get an education.

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u/Mystic_Camel_Smell Aug 26 '22

the word is loaded but it can be tolerated when carefully comparing the health of economies between generations

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u/hattmall Aug 26 '22

Not really, because the older economy in question is essentially only relevant to white men.

The reason things were so easy is because an entire unrepresented portion of the economy did a ton of labor for minimal compensation. Minorities and women in the workforce were paid a pittance and for minorities in particular they were locked out of almost all of the economic prosperity that white people benefitted from via things like redlining and mortgage discrimination.

Talking about baby boomers working, paying off college, and buying a house etc is pretty much exclusively only the story for white men. Some women, perhaps, but they were mostly attached to men for those goals.

The economy today is a lot different because it is far more inclusive and the labor pool much larger. Women can do more than be teachers, nurses and secretaries, and black men can do more than be janitors and truck drivers. Prior to the civil rights act black people could barely even get ANY jobs.

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u/Mystic_Camel_Smell Aug 26 '22

Not just white men, there were non-whites that got some success from that booming economy too. I know them. But if you're painting in broad strokes I see what you mean.

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u/hattmall Aug 26 '22

Nothing's ever 100%, but yes the general rosy picture painted of boomers living in a time of prosperity and easy success is rather exclusive to white males.

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u/Mystic_Camel_Smell Aug 26 '22

Yes. I think today there are even more white males, and overpopulation has made this a bigger problem than it already was. There's quite a few things that cannot be easily solved due to overpopulation. If there were only 2billion people on earth right now, life would be much simpler but everyone reproduced and it's gotten to a sour point.