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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

1945 is a really weird data point, because yk, WW2 was still going on, so at least for Americans, most of them were probably employed by the state or by the various enterprises that produced the weapons needed for the war effort

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If we didn't pay for our forever wars with credit, I'd agree.