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  • Xerxos@lemmy.mltoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldwork
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    Women fought for the right to choose to work. Capitalism saw that as an opportunity to force both parents to work.

    Now we have the worst of both worlds: wages are often too low to support a parent dedicated to caregiving, while two working parents are often not rich enough to pay for a full-time nanny.




  • The 1950s were great (for white people) because wages were high enough to pay for a house and support a family of five, with only one parent needing to work - even for ‘untrained labor’ jobs.

    This was made possible by higher taxes for the rich and strong unions. Both disappeared, and the effects are evident.