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Moose Not Squirrel's avatar

Great article! Thanks.

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Joseph Pucilowski's avatar

Thanks for other fine article. Three more differences between the 1940’s and today: 1) YCC was paired with austerity. Everything valuable to the war effort was rationed. 2) In the US, Medicare and Medicaid did not exist. Social Security was new, small, fully funded and not considered an entitlement. 3) The war effort took Americans to their highest peak of social cohesion. It’s at the second lowest point today. Only the American Civil War was lower. Try austerity today and you’ll see social unrest that makes 2020 look like a Girl Scout picnic.

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