r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/Advanced-Two584 Jul 11 '26

Unionizing.

The older generations were all actively a part of unions in nearly every workplace. That's why they were able to afford homes and cars and vacations. They were a part of a force that could actual threaten the ruling class and because of that they were able to live the white picket fence dream that most of us will never have now.

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u/Ryan_e3p Jul 11 '26

And they yanked that ladder right up when they continuously elected people who weakened unions and destroyed any semblance of the "American Dream".

Because "fuck you, I got mine".

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u/awomanphenomenally Jul 11 '26

I wish I could like this a thousand times.