• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Guessing you have no idea what the Great Depression was like. My parents grew up in it.

    Great Depression: 30% unemployment

    2008 crisis: 4.2% economic contraction

    If you think modern America is bad now, boy oh boy, you’re about to get an education on how bad it can really get.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Ok? And this is relevant how? I’m Canadian, so pretty tied to the US’s bullshit at the moment, but damn where’s this US bravery I keep hearing so much about?

      Deflection isn’t going to solve your problems.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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      17 hours ago

      You are right, but you are comparing apples with oranges here, what was the Great Depression economy contraction ? Or what was the unemployment rates in 2008 ?

      • druidjaidan@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        Unemployment around the 2008 crisis peaked around 10%.

        You’re delusional if you think the 2008 recession remotely compares to the impact of the great depression. You just have 0 frame of reference to compare. I say that as part of the most impacted group: I was just getting out of college when that crashed and it killed my job opportunities.

        • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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          16 hours ago

          I don’t think it, I was only pointing out that he was comparing two different things.

          I know that there is no way the two events have a compatible frame of reference but that does not means that you can compare the two values.