he has a point. /pol/ has an idyllic view of the post-war period but the reality is that middle class people lived very frugally compared to today > lived in much smaller houses than people currently demand > had minimal or no heating/cooling > had 1 small car per family > virtually never ate out > had no expensive hobbies > never travelled overseas, barely ever left their hometown > let chronic medical issues go untreated > did virtually all home maintenance themselves instead of paying someone else etc, etc. this is the reason everyone works so much. there's a trade-off.
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