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[–] rayyy@piefed.social 3 points 55 minutes ago

People don't even know why. That's how good the propaganda is today..

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 1 points 48 minutes ago

I was looking at some other data and saw a lot of corrections around 2016. Go figure.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago
[–] Toto@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Americans according to Americans Pretty sure a lot of people had issue with Ronnie’s handling of AIDS and corporate tax cuts

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 1 points 57 minutes ago

Reagan's handlers opened the door to corporate raiding which was devastating to working people.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But is the Dow Jones Industrial Average over 50,000?

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 1 points 45 seconds ago
[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I might include Nixon on the graph too.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 5 points 29 minutes ago

Why? He wasn't even a crook.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It started with Nixon, though (arguably before, but not in pop-psy). Reagan should be the point of convergence.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Good thing should go up post WW2. The fall at Reagan is correct though.