Sundresses and rugged self-sufficiency: ‘tradwives’ tout a conservative American past ... that didn’t exist - eviltoast
  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I mean, is it my fault I was roughly 25 when the Great Recession happened? Because I’d peg that as when shit started getting really weird and bad all around. But I also agree that we took a much sharper downward turn in 2016.

    (I don’t mean to dismiss the deeply misguided military adventurism the US was engaged in during the naughties, but the question I’m answering here is “when, in your perception, did shit start to go real sideways in this country”?