Originally Posted by Ardy
Originally Posted by Checkerboard Strangler
It's the last generation where people had any reasonable expectation that the government and big business wasn't declaring open warfare on them.

Acually, I think many kids of that generation were of the opinion that exactly that was happening... but they also thought they could do somethng about it.

But even as I fully acknowledge the absolute fact that government indeed HAD declared war on CERTAIN SEGMENTS of the American people, most others still had the REASONABLE expectation they had not.
Note that I am emphasizing "reasonable expectation".

Joe Homeowner, for example, did not feel as if Big Business and gumbmit was out to get him.

As of this writing I feel it's safe to say a majority of Americans feel like Uncle Sam and Big Business ARE out to get ALL of them, until all that's left are obedient serfs who do what they're told, and the ultra rich, who come up with the marching orders.

As of this writing, the average "Joe Homeowner" does NOT see Big Business and Uncle Sam as friends, or even assets that make America great.

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