Quote (Kayeto @ Nov 6 2020 06:01am)
There's been a feeling of impending doom hanging over the whole process (going back months). After spending more time following what others are saying about this election, I think I finally figured out what was causing my feeling. I am posting this to see if it resonates with anyone else.
The robust job market of the 1990s is not coming back. I might have already known this for years, but in the back of my mind I was justifying that there was still a reason to hold out hope (that's just how the human brain is wired). It's a tough pill to swallow, but hearing the talking points around this election, it's clear that the government's goal is not to create the same kind of job market we had in the 1990s. In fact, their goal is to intentionally move further from that.
It sucks to realize that I'm getting older and that my idea of wanting a strong job market makes me an outdated boomer. There is a growing crowd of people who will literally say "we want the opposite of that". So really, there's no path to justify holding out hope when the resources we have are all being used to move things in the other direction.
You need to talk to snipa. He would have beaten that thought out of you 10 years ago.
My mom made the equivilant of 40 an hour as a seamstress in the 80s. That job doesnt exist anymore anywhere in the U.S. I makebless than that in a skilled profession in management that requires an advanced degree.
Our economy will never be that good again. Partly because of automation, partly because the political establishment has been hostile to workers, partly because cheap sources of labor have come online.