How was trying to get a job different THEN vs NOW

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The cartoon should have put "man" in bold.

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1980s were very different, and since then companies started (and never did stop) to behave like assholes towards employees, environment and regulation.

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Thanks Reagan!

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That a..hole really marked a turning point, and Thatcher and Kohl transferred the evil to Europe.

We could have had a kind and healthy world and got a grievance hellscape of hatred and greed instead.

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We got very close to having a very different future, then Bush stole the presidency from Gore.

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*in the US

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Welllll…capitalism was always on a less than virtuous path. The robber barons, the long history of violent attacks on strikers…capitalism was never going to let us be happy. We pie had to fight for everything we’ve won.

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If they failed to steal that one, they were going to steal the next one. 2000 wasn't some kind of fluke. It was an organized, targeted effort to change tje political landscape, and it had been in progrwss for many years at that point. They weren't going to stop if they fell a little short.

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Most figures such as Ayn Rand and Reagan were nothing but repackaged versions of Friedrich Hayek.

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The missing last two panels:
"Oh, you know Tony Shitforbrains, our head accountant?! Right this way, why didn't you say so in your resume? We'll get it set up right next to his office.“

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That probably has a lot to do with it. Doubling the workforce let's employers be way pickier.

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Ive had interviews where they're concerned that I haven't used their specific software stack. Bro I'm a tech nerd I can easily learn your shitty software stack and apply my skills because conceptually it's all the same. Plus it was an entry level job offering a trash wage so get fucked.