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One of the ways we’ve convinced millions of members of Generation Z that they live in a dystopian world with no prospects is by romanticizing the past . You’ve probably seen posts claiming that in the 1950s, an average working-class man could afford a big home on a single factory job salary while supporting six children and an obedient stay-at-home wife who was waiting at home with a fresh martini in hand. They often feature the tagline, “This is what they took from us.”

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