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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

So you just get a normal job and get to live through one of the greatest economic booms of American history where you can raise a family of 5 with one singular income?

Literally just go to work for 40hrs a day 5 days a week and you could have damn near anything you want as long as you're white?

This is a dumb "what if".

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Well if you want to be boring with your answer and not have fun thinking of other interesting ways to solve this problem then yeah it's dumb,

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

And live in America

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

as long as you're white

And male, cis, straight, Christian, etc. You could fake some of those things if needed, but that's generally a crappy way to live.

Also, assumes American.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Yeah you right. I made that assumption but the premise didn't give you much to go on.

Plus this would be right as ww2 was ending so you're relatively safe either way unless you're black in the south. Again in America