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Recursion

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Mon Mar 2, 2020, 05:43 AM Mar 2020

Time's 1969 person of the year was "The Middle Americans", who were "forgotten"

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Left behind by the modern economy, ignored by politicians and elites, unable to match the dreams of his parents' generation.

It's kind of funny how they've been able to sell that line for a half-century now.

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Time's 1969 person of the year was "The Middle Americans", who were "forgotten" (Original Post) Recursion Mar 2020 OP
The Middle Americans safeinOhio Mar 2020 #1
Ah, thanks. Fixed it. (nt) Recursion Mar 2020 #4
I have a copy of that book braddy Mar 2020 #2
It goes back to the days of the wild west... hunter Mar 2020 #3
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