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<blockquote data-quote="McTallshort" data-source="post: 1097516" data-attributes="member: 53362"><p>Ok where was this great economic boom in the 20s? Certainly not Europe. Britain faced mass unemployment, the Jarrow marches, huge public spending cuts and political upheaval, Germany was suffering inflation of 3 figures and was so economically trashed that the little party a chap called Hitler ran was starting to become a favourable option for many, France was changing governments on a daily basis and Russia....well they were starting one of their many disastrous 5 year plans. Africa and Asia were mostly still under colonial rule, America was flooded with migration due to the horrendous economic situation everywhere else and although some parts of American society were starting to benefit from capitalism for the vast majority of Americans life was just has crap as it had been since the civil war. You had a mass refugee crisis from the dust bowl, probation which allowed organised crime to become so powerful it would take 60 years to break, mass strikes with strike breakers oh and Spanish flu, polio and small pox.</p><p></p><p>Yeah the 20s were a great time to be alive.</p><p></p><p>Look I don't disagree things are looking a bit crap now and I do worry for my kids one of whom left school this year but to play this generational self-pity card is a bit daft. I left school in 91 which was during a rather long and painful recession, got an apprenticeship at a metal work factory and was made redundant before the job even started due to all the heavy industry in the UK shutting down and moving elsewhere. With unemployment at 3 million the only stable employment was the forces so I joined the Army. Yes University was "free" but only about 25% of kids got to go. Violent crime was a normal daily part of life with football hooligans being a regular fixture ever weekend. Life felt a lot tougher back then, anti social behaviour was off the charts, drug dealers ran whole towns particularly in regional towns like Nottingham, Basildon, Bristol and Glasgow. Yes house prices were lower but your choice of houses was so bad the first house I ever brought was in such a rough area I used to part my very stealable ford escort at a mates house half a mile away. My options for employment when leaving the army in 99/20 were so poor the best job I could get was £138 per week maintenance bod in a warehouse. </p><p></p><p>Every generation faces hardships of some sort. I have quite high hopes for your generation, you come across a lot more sensible and compassionate than us Gen xers did but you need to lose the self pity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McTallshort, post: 1097516, member: 53362"] Ok where was this great economic boom in the 20s? Certainly not Europe. Britain faced mass unemployment, the Jarrow marches, huge public spending cuts and political upheaval, Germany was suffering inflation of 3 figures and was so economically trashed that the little party a chap called Hitler ran was starting to become a favourable option for many, France was changing governments on a daily basis and Russia....well they were starting one of their many disastrous 5 year plans. Africa and Asia were mostly still under colonial rule, America was flooded with migration due to the horrendous economic situation everywhere else and although some parts of American society were starting to benefit from capitalism for the vast majority of Americans life was just has crap as it had been since the civil war. You had a mass refugee crisis from the dust bowl, probation which allowed organised crime to become so powerful it would take 60 years to break, mass strikes with strike breakers oh and Spanish flu, polio and small pox. Yeah the 20s were a great time to be alive. Look I don't disagree things are looking a bit crap now and I do worry for my kids one of whom left school this year but to play this generational self-pity card is a bit daft. I left school in 91 which was during a rather long and painful recession, got an apprenticeship at a metal work factory and was made redundant before the job even started due to all the heavy industry in the UK shutting down and moving elsewhere. With unemployment at 3 million the only stable employment was the forces so I joined the Army. Yes University was "free" but only about 25% of kids got to go. Violent crime was a normal daily part of life with football hooligans being a regular fixture ever weekend. Life felt a lot tougher back then, anti social behaviour was off the charts, drug dealers ran whole towns particularly in regional towns like Nottingham, Basildon, Bristol and Glasgow. Yes house prices were lower but your choice of houses was so bad the first house I ever brought was in such a rough area I used to part my very stealable ford escort at a mates house half a mile away. My options for employment when leaving the army in 99/20 were so poor the best job I could get was £138 per week maintenance bod in a warehouse. Every generation faces hardships of some sort. I have quite high hopes for your generation, you come across a lot more sensible and compassionate than us Gen xers did but you need to lose the self pity. [/QUOTE]
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