• tetris11@feddit.uk
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      True – but it is seemingly less so today for white americans (an exeedingly large demographic) to be able to afford basic lifestyles.

      It does suggest a major shift in affordability if your main christian white majority can’t buy groceries

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      Shhh, chronically online white youth don’t want to talk about that. Hell if you were a woman you couldn’t even have a bank account on your own until 1974.

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        if you were a woman you couldn’t even have a bank account on your own until 1974.

        That’s not actually true though. The banks were not required to allow women to open bank accounts but plenty did anyway.

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          So if the bank manager of your town felt slighted that you didn’t go with him to prom he could deny you a next step in life? Yeah. That’s not so bad.

          Edit: I’m not saying you are wrong.

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            Oh for sure, it’s not a sensible way to run things.

            There’s advantages and disadvantages of allowing local/personal discretion.