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If you had the opportunity to travel back in time to the 2000s or 2010s, what would you change to make the world a better place? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by deadymouse@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think there is a lot to discuss here.

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

So, the Republican shift toward the far right was already in full swing by the 2000s. You'd need to go back to at least Reagan to head that off. Trickle down economics, Two Santas, etc. was already decades in the making. My dad had already been fully brainwashed by talk radio in the 90s.

But on the flip side, the Democratic establishment has made it painfully clear even to this day that their only priority has always been to maintain the status quo for the privileged NIMBY class. The Republican party didn't need to do anything to keep unaffordability rising, they all want to maintain the housing market bubble to protect the wealth of boomers.