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>> between the late 1940s and early 1970s.

>> The system was then profitable enough

>> to capitalists that they tolerated a

>> sizable chunk of the working class to

>> receive good pay and benefits for their

>> hard work; and which made upward

>> mobility into the upper levels of the

>> “middle class” a realistic reality for

>> many.

This was only a distant second-most-important reason for the rise of the American middle class.

The most important reason, by far, was the EXTREME redistribution of wealth through income tax.

From 1946 to 1963, the Federal income tax rates went all the way up to 91 percent... NINETY ONE PERCENT. An entire generation of only letting the highest earners keep as little as 9 cents on the dollar—with the massive tax revenue going to build everything from Eisenhower's interstate system to most of our public universities and hospitals, and also towards subsidizing major purchases like homes and cars for Americans of lesser means.

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Also, there's no "brutal slaughter of Palestinians" and there never has been one. The IDF campaign in Gaza has taken fewer civilian casualties per enemy combatant than any other military offensive in the entire history of modern urban warfare and it's not even close.

The IRGC propaganda talking points rlly don't look good on you.

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