• Soup@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh no, we won’t be able to afford houses or rent or save for retirement or- hang on just a second…

    Wait, we already can’t do those things, and the last thing I want to do is, once again, validate the existence of people I would prefer to see in little pieces scattered all over the street for all the pain and suffering they’ve caused just to get a little more money on top of their billions.

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      2 days ago

      Guessing you have no idea what the Great Depression was like. My parents grew up in it.

      Great Depression: 30% unemployment

      2008 crisis: 4.2% economic contraction

      If you think modern America is bad now, boy oh boy, you’re about to get an education on how bad it can really get.

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        2 days ago

        You are right, but you are comparing apples with oranges here, what was the Great Depression economy contraction ? Or what was the unemployment rates in 2008 ?

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          2 days ago

          Unemployment around the 2008 crisis peaked around 10%.

          You’re delusional if you think the 2008 recession remotely compares to the impact of the great depression. You just have 0 frame of reference to compare. I say that as part of the most impacted group: I was just getting out of college when that crashed and it killed my job opportunities.

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            I don’t think it, I was only pointing out that he was comparing two different things.

            I know that there is no way the two events have a compatible frame of reference but that does not means that you can compare the two values.

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        1 day ago

        Ok? And this is relevant how? I’m Canadian, so pretty tied to the US’s bullshit at the moment, but damn where’s this US bravery I keep hearing so much about?

        Deflection isn’t going to solve your problems.