This idea of a a single income supporting a family is part of that past that never existed. That was never the norm for Americans. (So long as POC and women count as Americans)
Lets not degrade folks from looking backwards. You can gain a lot of data through historical analysis and maybe even some ideas that can be dug back up and modernized. The problem occurs when folks get blinded by the past. Old World Blues and all that.
An economy where people were better off and were not forced to rely on overtime and muiltiple jobs did exist.
Fifty years ago, nearly a third of U.S. workers belonged to a union. Today, it’s one in 10. But the decline has not been the same for every state. Here is a map showing how union membership has changed across the country.[1]
“Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.”
Tangent critique about labels: When using the word “progressives,” it does not hold any meaning if you do not explain what it means to people; everyone has their own definition of such lables.
A similar situation occurs when we use “far left” and “far right,” because most of our politicians would be considered Republican-lites, even the Justice Democrats (they are closer to Republicans than to people on the "left’, IMO).
I consider myself on the “left,” due to being highly critical of the government, our three-letter agencies, our military, and as well as the MSM; I am also antiwar and for the working class people.
This idea of a a single income supporting a family is part of that past that never existed. That was never the norm for Americans. (So long as POC and women count as Americans)
Progressives shouldn’t look backward. It’s gross.
Lets not degrade folks from looking backwards. You can gain a lot of data through historical analysis and maybe even some ideas that can be dug back up and modernized. The problem occurs when folks get blinded by the past. Old World Blues and all that.
An economy where people were better off and were not forced to rely on overtime and muiltiple jobs did exist.
Tangent critique about labels: When using the word “progressives,” it does not hold any meaning if you do not explain what it means to people; everyone has their own definition of such lables.
A similar situation occurs when we use “far left” and “far right,” because most of our politicians would be considered Republican-lites, even the Justice Democrats (they are closer to Republicans than to people on the "left’, IMO).
I consider myself on the “left,” due to being highly critical of the government, our three-letter agencies, our military, and as well as the MSM; I am also antiwar and for the working class people.
[1] 50 Years Of Shrinking Union Membership, In One Map | February 23, 2015 | Quoctrung Bui | https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-years-of-shrinking-union-membership-in-one-map ↩︎