Post #1946746
2026-05-03 11:31 UTC
@markmason
You didn't bother to read the nuance in the post - that it was 'almost as if'
In hindsight, at that time, people had better health coverage, could afford housing, free education including university, far, far less state surveillance, much more tolerance for peaceful public protest.
I lived through it. It was grim. But now is also grim. It's grim in different ways. I think it felt more possible to see a brighter future then than it does now.
@runoutgroover @Geri
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@markmason@mas.to 2026-05-03 11:58
@Remittancegirl @runoutgroover @Geri thanks for explaining your point of view rather than just rage blocking. I can see you a re saying but I think the not being possible to see a brighter future is more to do with world politics than domestic. Back then we only had nuclear Armageddon and the thee minute warning. Kids now have that AND ecological breakdown and global war. I feel for them.