It's been dead for 30 years.
TV has been a mirror of general society. And what did that look like? A shoe salesman could have a wife and 2 children in a 2 story house in the suburbs (Married with Children).
Or, the Simpsons had similar. Again, single worker household paying for 2.5 children and 2 story house.
It goes on and on.
But yeah, the 'American Dream' of prosperity was uncovered, viewed, and all wealth extracted from that. And it left bones in their wake. Those bones are minimum wage staying the same since 2005 or so. Or home ownership blocked for most. Or student loans keeping generations in poverty.
We all are collectively getting poorer, and some billionaire fucks are getting richer on the rest of us one cut at a time.
We used to have it good. Those days have been done for a while now.
TV has been a mirror of general society. And what did that look like? A shoe salesman could have a wife and 2 children in a 2 story house in the suburbs (Married with Children).
Or, the Simpsons had similar. Again, single worker household paying for 2.5 children and 2 story house.
It goes on and on.
But yeah, the 'American Dream' of prosperity was uncovered, viewed, and all wealth extracted from that. And it left bones in their wake. Those bones are minimum wage staying the same since 2005 or so. Or home ownership blocked for most. Or student loans keeping generations in poverty.
We all are collectively getting poorer, and some billionaire fucks are getting richer on the rest of us one cut at a time.
We used to have it good. Those days have been done for a while now.