What was the last 1T like?

[Eric the Green]

(03-16-2022, 11:32 AM)tg63 Wrote: I think what's missing in some of these comments is that it really depended on who & where you were. If you were part of what was considered the majority, it was good times. But if you weren't - think of black kids growing up in Mississippi or gay kids growing up pretty much anywhere - it was a very different story.
Who will be the disaffected this time around? I'm thinking of people who have had a few generations of success working in manufacturing or oil& gas, who aren't tech-literate, & who have been able to have a comfortable standard of living. I don't see them doing too well in the coming 1T.

Yes, I alluded to this, and it's getting worse now in some red states like Florida, Texas, Idaho, Missouri. These Republicans have restarted the culture wars in a big way, actually threatening the lives of those who care for transgender children and outlawing teachings about LGBTQ people in schools, not to mention banning books that teach about the past harmful behavior by the USA toward blacks and others. They are also pushing the abortion issue hard, which has always been Topic A in the culture wars.

Will the red states be allowed to recreate the conditions that existed in the previous 4T and 1T? Republicans (with frequent Democratic Party compliance) have already created the most unequal and impoverished developed nation in the world over the last 40 years of neoliberal free-market trickle-down economics ideology in power. Policies that help people be economically and socially mobile have dried up over this time, and the 4T is supposed to be a time when this is remedied to some extent. One or two senators have blocked the recent proposal that would make a start toward this, and toward fair taxation to implement this without more debt.