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Bygone Era (lemmy.zip)

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And "household income" definition also changed: at the time the most common was that only the man of the household was working. So I'd say we are down to a quarter of what was earned then.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Damn. That’s some depressing perspective right there.