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minus-square@danc4498linkEnglish9•3 months agoI definitely thought things were fucked when I was in my 20s (Bush 2.0 era). Today I blame Reagan, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoAnd every day, I wonder how the timeline looks if John Hinckley Jr. was a better shooter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoPretty much the same. Hinkley kills Reagan and Bush Sr. wins his election big the same way LBJ was pushed in by the post-Kennedy wave. Hell, Bush would have given Nancy a Cabinet post
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoWhen Reagan came in , ‘middle class’ was still one job supporting a family of four. In those days, $1 million was a vast personal fortune. By the time Bush Sr. was out, middle class was two incomes to run the family, and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.
I definitely thought things were fucked when I was in my 20s (Bush 2.0 era). Today I blame Reagan, though.
And every day, I wonder how the timeline looks if John Hinckley Jr. was a better shooter.
Pretty much the same.
Hinkley kills Reagan and Bush Sr. wins his election big the same way LBJ was pushed in by the post-Kennedy wave.
Hell, Bush would have given Nancy a Cabinet post
When Reagan came in , ‘middle class’ was still one job supporting a family of four. In those days, $1 million was a vast personal fortune.
By the time Bush Sr. was out, middle class was two incomes to run the family, and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.