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Interestingly, a bit less than 40% of Australians were alive 50 years ago. It's just begging for the historical-revisionist pseudo-nostalgia that conservatives have been churning out for decades - what does a 30 year old really know about how life was 50 years ago?
I was around 50 years ago. Just about everyone lived in poverty compared to today.
Housing is the standout difference. Housing was much, much more affordable. But also most houses were small and simple. Didn't have much insulation, no air con, lucky to have more than one power point in a room, often built with dangerous materials like asbestos. Dangerous old wiring.
The billionaire owned media and foreign influence is heavily shaping public opinion for their own purposes. Oddly there is no dissatisfaction when a conservative government is engaging in massive wealth transfer to the rich and multinationals and closing all our industry. Then the sky is falling when we have a Labor government trying to get us through difficult times created by circumstances outside their control.
Yeh I’m sure people would prefer not being able to afford a home than to have to settle for owning an affordable small and simple home…….
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