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A comment on Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by andrewprock on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:08PM (#34561890)
Over what period of time? Since 1980 there is a clear and dramatic increase in the the concentration of wealth. The pandemic and related problems may have stalled that trend for a time.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by odo1242 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:31PM (#34562155)
(the pandemic has, in fact, made every metric of income/wealth inequality markedly worse)
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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by andrewprock on Saturday January 28, 2023 @05:06PM (#34562489)
The $600 checks and free vaccine delivery were the major progressive policies I was thinking of. But those were definitely temporary.
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