Reminds me that the whole concept of generations is something manufactured of whole cloth and meant to divide us, but more than that, that real people are compassionate and understanding. All that stuff is just fake.

It gives me hope for unity.

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    A million dollar in the 60’s and a million dollar today are vastly different amounts of money. A million in 1964 dollars is around $10 million in todays money.

    Of course a boomer back than would think of yachts and mansions when dreaming of becoming a millionaire. A few million dollars made a person a member of the upperclass back then. While a few million dollar today is upper middle class kind of money. If I had a million to spend I could buy a nice family home in my town (not a mansion) a new family car, pay off some debt and by then the million dollars is mostly gone.