2026-05-10 23:19 UTC
@vex@kolektiva.social @redsad@ohai.social
Nope.Between WWII & 70's congress was in fact working for "we the people". That time is when most of what you see around you was created. We had the best public school in the world, a route to college that was affordable, the entirety of the Hwy system. I remember I5/99 as a 2 lane road. Airports. Minimum wage was $1.25hr a living wage. All done under what was called the "Liberal Consensus". We worked to get it for all people, abortion, women & minority rights, then came the GOP.
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@vex@kolektiva.social 2026-05-10 23:42
@A_Minion@mastodon.social @redsad@ohai.social you're talking about what you had access to as though everyone else did too. Women, native Americans, & Black people couldn't even vote during most of the period you're talking about, & were denied access elsewhere too (from credit cards & loans to public & private spaces). Yes things improved, but it's not like Congress was willingly doing so. People had to fight & die for those improvements you're uncritically crediting Congress for.