I'm now completely done being amazed.

[caseymoz]

10. There were a lot of people who benefited in the 90s.

I'll admit I was taken in by NAFTA. We had been exposed to the RW media for a decade by then, people were beginning to buy the theory that taking down tariffs were a good thing.

However, I never liked the Telecom Act, and I hated Welfare "reform."

But you have to see, in the 90s things were booming, and many people became convinced that technology had overcome the "old" rules of economics. They also bought into lies like their going into debt was actually serving a national interest by supporting the economy. The generation had been sold on that. There was a lack of any concern for personal economy. Our healthcare system hadn't grown too rotten yet. Ayn Rand's philosophy and radio talk show hosts held a great sway. That's my memory of the zeitgeist of the 90s.

When times boom, people lose touch with what is real and become susceptible to being misguided by propaganda. It's called giddiness.