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minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoKeep things the same like queer people in the closet, women in the kitchen, and people of color in poverty. Not like 1950s top marginal tax rates. These days what it boils down to is an nostalgia for suffering of a bygone era. It’s a pretense that is used when it is convenient.
minus-squareTheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoOf course, progress is good, keeping things the same is bad as things were bad in the past. Just two bad things can be two different bad things, and I think this is a case were it is.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoI can’t make any sense of your response.
Keep things the same like queer people in the closet, women in the kitchen, and people of color in poverty. Not like 1950s top marginal tax rates.
These days what it boils down to is an nostalgia for suffering of a bygone era.
It’s a pretense that is used when it is convenient.
Of course, progress is good, keeping things the same is bad as things were bad in the past. Just two bad things can be two different bad things, and I think this is a case were it is.
I can’t make any sense of your response.