And the generations who remember what life was like before social safety nets are all gone. The collective amnesia (and ignorance) of our public is why the Robber Baron class is getting away with it.

To your (well written) point, my shorthand description of 1981-present in the U.S. is "The Great Regression"... when the New Deal and Civil Rights advances of the 1930s-1960s have been under organized, systematic attack by Regressives that used to call themselves "conservative". The mask is off now

(Another) disaster

That Pale Pale Moon didn't make the list broke my heart. You ain't wrong.

Yes!

We’re going to look back on this era with abject horror how we let these companies do whatever the hell they want.

It’s cigarettes all over again.

You found one member in me.

It's outrageous!

McKinley’s presidency was marked by cronyism and imperialism,corporate power, and massive inequality. Trump’s reference to McKinley suggests a vision for a neo-Gilded Age, where concentrated wealth reigns and the gap between elites and workers widens further.

#trump
#inauguration