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In reply to the discussion: Somebody cheer me up. I just finished episode 6 of "The 1619 Project" and I'm [View all]Stuart G
(38,726 posts)............12. reasons why people are better off today, then before
1. Medical care is much better. Why? Cures for many diseases that were not cured before.
2. Education is available to many that was not available before. (including college)
3. Help for the poor is more available now then before...example: food stamps.
4. Job training is more available, now than before.
5. Communication is more available now........."Wait is this communication...on computers?"
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6. Long distance phone calls are much cheaper than before.
7. Relatively speaking many products are much cheaper than before.
8. More TV stations now than in the 50s
9. Computers are far cheaper than in the 80s or 90s.
10. In many places we have more "LIBERAL" governments than before.
11. Travel is sometimes much cheaper than before
12, Racism and Anti-Gay before far less than before