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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by nivenkos on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:11AM (#31779365)
The 1950s were a boom-time for the USA, but the UK still had rationing for example, France and Spain had massive refugee housing and a lot of homelessness. Nevermind China still recovering from occupation and civil war, etc.

There is absolutely no way that standard of living would be acceptable, and nor should it be.

That said it does seem to be the way things are going with hyperinflation and shortages, and the spectre of "climate lockdowns" haunting Europe.

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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by worker_person on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:25PM (#31782298)
To be fair, a lot of cities in Europe had been blown up 10 years earlier.

America was in the unique position of ending the world with no mainland damage.

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