The Scary Parallels Between The Great Depression And Today | When the World Breaks | Real History

An investigation into the use of creativity, art and entertainment as a form of survival during the Great Depression of 1929; parallels are drawn between the creativity generated during the Great Depression and the global recession of 2009.
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[@markstoneberger]

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[@cherylmarcuri5506]

​@@markstoneberger???

[@brettedgar6733]

😅

[@tracysmith245]

i have put netflix on 3 times today and watching this instead anything with history

[@donaldperson948]

Well all those actors should be giving back to society! Because they know how hard it is! We’re almost to the point we’re back to the Great Depression!

[@markberman6708]

This situation has been intentionally created... give that some thought.

[@electricjellyfish375]

Most things and most bullshit is.

[@passinthru4788]

Yes, the Fed REserve, aka those private families that incorporated as the Fed REserve. The boom and bust of economies is why Andrew Jackson put their ar$e out of business!

[@fritzsmith3296]

@Mark Berman: "intentionally created"???? How so? Obviously, you haven't studied the history of depressions. There have been several since this country began - research that! The only intentions of the poor people are trusting the politicians. Those who went through one depression have passed on the pain, suffering and wisdom to their kids. Look at the latest generation, that is the kids born to the kids of the boomers. They are the folks who "live from paycheck to paycheck". They learned their habits from the easy money of the credit card folks from the sixties. They also can't raise $450 for emergency. They live in a continuous state of "want". Those folks will be hit the hardest. The good news for them vs depression folks is we have many "safety-net programs" like welfare, food stamps and food pantries that were absent in the thirty's. Folks back them made do with the charity from the local community. Their neighborhood or friends of family. Now you "give that some thought" and do your research. And OH! Save as much money as you can.

[@brianblackwood3120]

Exactly by the people who actually think they’ll get away with it.

[@carolynoldham8263]

Yes makes it even worse when the evil president (Biden) committing TREASON taking out country in the crap hole !

[@janetduncan87]

My mother was a girl during the depression. Her family had come from Ireland and settled in Western KS. My grandfather bought up a lot of land. He had cattle, hogs, chickens, and they also had a vegetable garden which they canned much of it. They were one of the few lucky ppl to get through it in their county. My dad on the other hand was raised poor. His dad had a heart attack when my father was just 12 years old. So my dad and his brother hunted and fished for food. Their mother took in laundry from others to do for money. By the time my dad was 14 he was driving a truck and the depression was ending. He remained a trucker all of his life. He was a great provider.

[@byduhlusional]

As someone who doesn't know anyone who went through that, thank you for sharing.

[@janetduncan87]

@Moduhlize od course and thank you for such a wonderful comment. ❤️

[@Mary95191]

Nice story!

[@tiedyehobo]

Sounds like you all were rich bastards

[@tiedyehobo]

There was no money.

[@HM-sk2mc]

A really scary thought for me is…in those days people had morals and were mentally stronger, imagine the the shitshow when this comes down today.

[@tracysmith245]

scary thing to be watching the decline my grandparents were workers down the mills and the mines why have they let Port Talbot Steel Industry gone. who knows how much we need to build in the future them poor high skilled workers we really on imports for just about everything you can name from shoes clothing first aid food drink vegetables, furniture, spare parts tools to survive everything brought on amazon my side had a fruit and veg shop long gone now a different generation the future looks bleak as bleak as anything hope we keep cash.

[@Deeznutz503]

you mean 2008? or did you mean 2020? .... yes it has been a sh*t show.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

“Here is how we use labor/ laborself pronouns” tik toks would abound in todays depression 🤦‍♂️

[@francosamericanmusings1560]

Exactly

[@OvcharkaShepherd]

They had faith, family and community. All three have been decimated in our modern society. What will bind us together this time??

[@justjen12345]

My poor grandparents. All born in poverty. My paternal grandmother was born in 1898. She saw it all. Since she was a halfbreed, her family gave her 50 dollars to get out of the family. All my herself, she saw WWI, Spanish flu, great depression and WWII. She was a nurse at Charity Hospital in NOLA fir thirty plus years. Saw 4 out of 5 children die. What a blessing to this world 😇. She was my Pin pal. I was fortunate to listen to her stories. Hugs to you all

[@polsyg6581]

my grandparents were poor after wwII but the new communist era there gave them a good living. things went south eventually but he remained a fan of marx til the end. wild.

[@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205]

My fam on my moms side have a similar story. I as a half breed am not accepted by either side of society to this day.

[@SonyaWongJamisonKeener]

@@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 sending you hugs. There’s a community here.

[@donnaedwards2391]

​@@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 how are defining "halfbreed?" #Creole?

[@deniseinpeace1170]

wow what a story and i’m sure very common 😅

[@TheNoodlyAppendage]

They are doing it again. That's what my grandmother has been saying the last 20 years. Banking deregulation, no consumer protection, fraud and corruption are at all-time highs and getting worse.

[@thomasjensen6243]

It's actually much worse today...since 2008 the government has created laws where the banks and clearing houses can legally take everything you have in a crisis. Your money, your house, your car, your stocks, your bonds...they can legally take everything.

[@lizzie4freedom323]

My mother was born in 1925 in Flagstaff Arizona. My dad was born in Tucson in 1924. The stories they told me are precious memories. I still live in Arizona. Scottsdale rd was mostly a dirt road in the 50’s. I’ve seen incredible changes through my life’s journey. Now I’m living in a world I don’t recognize. It’s devastating watching it be destroyed by these evil people in our Government and Institutions. God help us. Prayers and Blessings to everyone. Stay strong and peaceful moving forward and prepared for whatever comes ❤️🙏🏻

[@hoapres]

God has very little to do with the destruction of America.

[@reneeright695]

I'm in AJ for the winters. We're doing the best we can to prepare. My grandparents told me story's of the depression. Also listened to a lot of documentories. Growing up poor taught me a lot of things not to waste or spend frivolessly. To repurpose things but mostly resiliency and the importance or being prepared. And the miracles of God. Stay stong❤❤❤

[@lizzie4freedom323]

@@reneeright695 Peace & Happiness to you and your family ❤️🙏🏻

[@OctogonOxygen024816]

At some point your family also destroyed the world you were brought into when they had their homes built...

[@eliarballo2840]

I’m in Tucson az my family who were ranchers since the 1800’s tell me stories about they use to survive on the ranches on us/Mx border they were poor cowboys and ranch hands but had a strong Will and work ethic and loved their families and worked together to get through tough times and many traditions they had we still do today in the family we gather and cook in Dutch ovens and hunt together

[@Mamaroo92]

The story of the guy punching the banker in the face who had stolen his family’s home: that was great. I get why it was the most satisfying moment of his life 🙌

[@TheEcono]

100% agree

[@janejones5362]

Its why I wont even go in debt to buy a house. You never really own it. Miss yearly taxes, and....

[@warlaker]

That's why John Dillenger, etc were so popular

[@marianhunt8899]

His pleasure was very fleeting. The exploitative banker still won because he got to keep all the money and riches while the man who punched him had to return to hunger and insecurity.

[@sandrashaw1706]

All I can say in the days, weeks, months and even years ahead be kind to each other. We will truly need each other even if we don't know it now.

[@alanaadams7440]

Good advice 😊

[@debbieriddle9429]

This documentary is Amazing. I've been doing laundry and have had to pause it several times, but kept coming back. My Husbands family in the Smoky's said they were so poor during the Depression they didn't see much difference for themselves. They lived off the land. We visit, I cook on the old wood stove. One favorite Aunt...82...has never owned a television. She does have a radio. The old outhouse is still there, and up until 10 years ago, I had to visit it. She gave me 3 old quilts made by my Husband's Grandmother Alice...the old cast iron...anything old she no longer wants...old Mason Jars. I collect, and use some of the old kitchen tools. They have food stored...that's all they know. I enjoy my visits there...A peaceful place to be. I've never been one to waste, I'm preserving everything I can...food, and needs.

[@bobhsohi704]

Here is a smart woman

[@janejones5362]

Just beautiful 💜💜💜. I know about cast iron. A lady at church was tossing out a set of 3 frying pans because they were rusty 🤯. I said nooooo, may I please have them?? I cleaned the rust, reseasoned them, and here I am, 2 years later!! Gads, you can do so much with cast iron (even self-defense 😅). Also, with the washing, I can do by hand. Not preferred, but can. Learned from Mexican ladies, when my youngest was a baby. One thing-Im not as good as my gramma, at getting out stains. She remains the champion, lol!! My family compares me to her in a lot of ways. Except, IM NOT a hoarder. I cannot stand clutter.

[@javaskull88]

My grandfather wanted to borrow against the paid-for house to play the market, but grandma held firm to the belief the they should leave the equity alone. She is the reason they had a roof over their head in the 1930s.

[@johnoloughlin5127]

The elderly have seen a lot over the decades, and many of them understand that what seems almost too good to be true frequently ends up crashing and burning ......

[@aubreysnyder338]

Every 80-100 years there is a catastrophe for the everyday people. It's been set up like that too, which is so heartbreaking. people in power are okay with pushing pain and devastation. I just turned 30 and my heart hurts for the world. I so wish love and true community was led forth.

[@107fr2]

I wish you could have grown up in the 80s and 90s like I did. I feel so sorry for the younger generations who will never know what life was like before the stupid smart phone and the river of fears that pour out of it. We once had wonderful hope and happiness for the future.

[@Naturevsnurture86]

@@107fr2 that is so true.

[@unkono]

This is why keeping and bearing arms is so important!

[@darrenmogg3440]

strength Brother. We will make it through.

[@chrismullin8304]

You would be wise to put away some water and food for an extended event. “City Prepping” is a good clear headed start. Good Luck

[@davidgreen2379]

If at ANY TIME, History begins to repeat itself, ponder the lesson missed before its too late❤

[@pitchforkparty]

Well said. I fear, however, it is too late.

[@morningloryke]

As does the weather. Deal with it and don't blame

[@MrSupernova111]

The lesson is that the wealthy continue to get wealthier and fleece the working class at every opportunity. That's how you end up with a "great depression" or a "great recession." Look at the net worth of the world's richest people 10-15 years ago compared to today. Then take a look at the net wealth of the average American and the changes in cost of living. Nothing about it is coincidence. We need to wake up!

[@samuelphillian1286]

The craziest part of this story to me is all those kids that went through this grew up and answered the call when the world required their lives on Iwo Jima, Omaha Beach or in the skies over London. Truly the Greatest Generation.

[@jude5976]

I often wonder what Eisenhower would have thought of current America. He asked men to storm the beaches on D Day and we won’t be vaccinated or wear masks when it was required.

[@unkono]

​@@mstrthealiasDING DING DING history is repeating itself

[@eazypeazy33]

The wheel of time..

[@user-md8hz4fb3e]

oh

[@michaelodonnell6361]

The kids are SOFT these days. Technology has ruined society... there will be massive death, killings, starvation when (not if) this next crash happens

[@BabyGirlRaven]

This happened to my grandmother, and when she died at 98 years old, she said that she truly lived fulfilled life and now I truly believe it

[@stevehartman1730]

People now arent friends anymone. They used to help each other without asking or paid. Now people are all about themselves and trying to get over on others. They dont look at u as a nice guy but as a sucker and they tell their friends that u r someone they can get over on. Its sad.

[@shirley9066]

So true..

[@Elchupa_Nebrea]

“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[@leoclune5079]

Your statement is true in so many ways but not everywhere. Problem is that your statement is a resounding majority. Maybe someday and someway there will be a reckoning and thus that thought process and mentality will become the minority. People are just going to have to be humbled.

[@pierrelabounty9917]

Seems that way. But let's try to be different.

[@treefrog3349]

The speakers featured in this presentation represent the fortunate few who serendipitously managed to survive and thrive through this man-made, and totally unnecessary financial "restriction". More poignant would be the millions who were less fortunate; victims of the accumulated greed of a relatively few. The exact same phenomena is currently threatening the viability of most of the human race! We, as a species, have learned nothing.

[@DrDonnyTheBookofYou]

This, this, this, this. This!!!!!!! Child!!!!!!! 💯

[@hanacarina]

Yes, except for this time it will be worse because most of ALL of the classes (lower, middle and upper) have zero basic skills. At least in the thirties people knew how to raise livestock and grow gardens and actually cook food. Now there are millions who think food comes from the grocery store freezer/microwave section or an UberEats driver. So who are the “fortunate” and who are the “victims” in that case?

[@pamlaenger6870]

The greed of the few. Like the globalists and elites trying to control us!!! They tell us to conserve energy, don’t use plastic or oil because we are killing the planet. YET THEY FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THEIR PRIVATE JETS!!!! Talk about wasting energy and killing the planet!!!

[@888strummer]

At the 15:23 mark, there was a line that really resonated with me today in 2023 from Richard Anderson who said, "the real thing was that you felt like the country was going down". It's not just what he said but how he said it and the tone of his voice which really connects to 2023.

[@jacsonernie9784]

​@@hanacarina Farming is discouraged this more modernized time, even access to grants, loans and natural seeds to plant are controlled. Clean "water" is the new oil and even that natural resource is confined.

[@Harperrr.99]

Market declines, soaring inflation, a significant increase in interest rates by the Fed, and rising Treasury yields all point to additional losses for portfolios this quarter. How can I profit from the present market turbulence? I'm still debating whether to sell my $125,000 ETF/Growth Stock portfolio.

[@Aziz__0]

Focus on two key goals. First, stay protected by learning when to sell stocks to cut losses and capture profits. Second, prepare to profit when the market turns. I recommend that you seek advice from a CFP.

[@kurttSchuster]

@@Aziz__0 Yes, I have been in touch with a CFP ever since the outbreak. Today, investing in hot stocks is quite easy; the difficult part is deciding when to buy and sell. With an initial starting reserve of $50k, my adviser chooses the entry and exit commands for my portfolio, which has grown to approximately $350k.

[@Blitcliffe]

@@kurttSchuster Would you mind recommending a specialist with a variety of investment options? This is extremely rare, and I eagerly await your response.

[@kurttSchuster]

@@Blitcliffe No doubt, the stock market is definitely the most awkward teenager with the wildest mood swings! I began with a pundit by name NICOLE DESIREE SIMON”. Her approach is transparent allowing total ownership and control over my position

[@Blitcliffe]

@@kurttSchuster Thank you for this amazing tip. I just checked her website and her profile seems Proficient.

[@johnhyde8817]

My dad was a son of a farmer in Kansas in the ‘30s he told me farms were the best places to be, I recon my granddad although not educated was smart enough to hold onto the farm and not try to get rich quick. God bless him. And my grandma, and father and mother and aunts and uncles and friends.

[@walden6272]

I want to be a farmer. I'm done with city life.

[@laszlovass7326]

You'll be able to wipe your ass with bank notes. You'll be able to eat on a farm and wipe your ass with newspaper.

[@lamarravery4094]

Could be your grandparents were slow to join in the speculation that was the stock market. And some farms, like the ones in the Midwest, suffered from the boll weevils and dust bowls and so they couldn't grow any crops.

[@lizh1988]

Yes, get rich quick thinking has ruined a lot of people.

[@ashadowawhisper]

This is what happened to my grandmother during the depression. They were poor farmers in GA but they were subsistence farmers. Her father was a happy-go-lucky guy and they had everything they needed. A local newspaper even came out and did an article where they were interviewing farmers and my great grandfather was noted as being very happy and smiling and lighthearted… the interviewer asked him and he was blatantly honest, he told the newspaper ‘well, we have everything we need, we grow our own food, I have three years of food stored up in my barns and if I I ever need money I just sell a cow… It helped that he owned his own land, that’s what is the good life. Own a piece of your own country, feed yourself and family, if you have extra store it and love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind strength and soul. The land had been in the family and given to an ancestor for his service in the revolutionary war. Land is important. Houses and cars, and fancy clothes and fancy things are all for fools. Life is about survival. Pursuing pleasures and stuff is a fool’s errand and will only make you miserable. All a man ever needs is food, water, and shelter.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

Today is nothing at all like the great depression .. back during the depression, most people lived in the countryside, and had farms .. even the city folks had gardens. People canned, and made their own meals every day, bread included .. today, Most people cannot survive without money.

[@edifice2773]

You need land to plant a garden-- and good weather. The Dust Bowl didn't have decent weather for YEARS-- and the dust storms KILLED people because the dirt got into their lungs. Here in Kansas City (which missed most of the dust storms) the temperatures got up into the 120 degree range-- a height never reached since, even in these days of global warming. Very little can grow in those conditions. I can't remember where I saw this, but I believe the weight of the average American adult dropped by about 15 pounds during the Great Depression. I know in 1942, when it looked like my dad was going to be drafted, he tried to enlist in the navy. The navy rejected him because he didn't weigh enough-- and this was a healthy young man who grew up in a small town and his parents had a HUGE garden.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

@@edifice2773 My grandfather was Carol Conrad - moved down here (OK) from Kansas in '34 because land was CHEAP .. and began regenerative farming _during_ the dust bowl .. we had the largest produce market in the region for years, and Sam Walton used to come by to visit (and arrange for produce for his stores). These days, I see far too many farmers in KS and OK monocropping, not maintaining hedge rows, and getting far too dependent on pumped irrigation .. and the dry line is moving East again. Combine that with an uncertain economic future .. and times can get very interesting.

[@mamadoom9724]

I used to know an old lady who was a child in the depression. She hated green beans because she said for the most part it was the only thing she had to eat in her childhood because her family grew them. It made me think that maybe there were a lot of people back then who didn’t have the space, knowledge, or means to grow abundant gardens. We tend to think that people in the olden days were totally experienced in being self sufficient but I don’t think it’s true. I have heard that there were many people back then who didn’t even know how to make their own bread.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

@@mamadoom9724 I reckon that even in the days of Noah, there were folks that couldn't manage for themselves - or could only manage poorly. I hate processing green beans, personally .. canned way too many as a kid, myself 😉

[@virginiaWT4237]

Also since the depression our population has grown so much ,in 1939 the WORLD population was 2 billion… now we have 7 billion that’s a a lot more people to take care of , not enough space for eveyone to have a little family farm

[@zoeemiko8149]

What we're seeing today isn't like the great depression. People were devastated at all financial levels. Bankers & CEO's lost everything and committed suicide in large numbers. Th parallels are most aptly drawn with the Gilded Age when the wealthiest, well connected & corporations made fortunes & paid those who worked for them starvation wages. They would manufacture or sell a product & set the price unreasonably high knowing for the working class that meant they had to pay the elevated price for necessities. This is what we're seeing happening today.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

Yes. 💯

[@loriwyoming835]

What we're actually seeing today is the Weimar republic being reenacted. Prices aren't going up, our money is worth less. A 20.00 gold piece a hundred years ago would buy a damn good suit, the same gold piece today would buy a damn good suit. Gold has held value, your paper money printed by government hasn't. Watch the Money masters and you'll at least understand the monetary system that Wilson destroyed our country with. Starting with the great depression. Hell he even admitted it.

[@higherview136]

Oh, I think it will be far worse in the near future because modern people are so lazy, complacent and spoiled rotten with modern conveniences, most will become horrific criminals or “off” themselves. A few have moved off-grid since the Communists took over in 2008 and know how to survive now by farming, heating with wood and defending what they have from violent gangs, military, etc. I’m thinking that those who were slandered, bashed and berated because they chose to learn to live a lifestyle of self-reliance and personal preparedness will probably not be very nice to those who believed that their “cruise ship party” was never going to end. I always here them say, “I hope they enjoy eating all those vacation pictures”.

[@marianhunt8899]

We're paying for the 'forever wars'. Tragic. Investments in slaughtering humans. It's terrible.

[@percywillis]

​@@loriwyoming835this is partially true. Currency is the extension of debt. It takes debt to extend opportunity. Someone went in debt to offer you a job. You went in debt to buy a house and car. Someone took on debt to make cars. Without debt, opportunity is reduced. Gold is incapable of replacing currency, it is too scarce. If gold were currency, there would be fewer jobs, homes, goods etc. You can't promise to repay gold. People won't accept that. Everything works on a promise to repay. That's why currency is effective. Currency is actually one of the best human inventions ever. The United States however has taken on so much debt, (offered so much opportunity) others are afraid they will never be repaid. In essence, they've been working for free or paying for the American Luxury lifestyle. On one hand it's unfair, however, America has created the most opportunities to escape poverty (or inherit goods) in the history of the world. America's consumption, technically has modernized the globe and spread technology and commerce everywhere. The downside, large amounts of people are still being excluded from the system. They need land or home ownership to gain leverage in this favor for favor system. Some are trapped without land to grow food or houses to shelter themselves. They're forced to pay into a system that's offers them little in return. A simple solution in USA such as tax free land (.01 acre plots) for people with incomes under 30k annually would offer a tremendous edge for people to compete in Capitalism. However, the problem, so many crybabies complaining about fairness and how they have to "earn" Everything. They fail to realize, when it America was established, plots of land was "given" to settlers that occupied new lands. Land has always been gifted as a precursor to development. There's plenty of land to gift, which would offer more opportunity, and strengthen currency, stimulate economies, increase participation and happiness, but some people are close minded. And people already winning don't want to risk losing dominance if their industry is threatened. Sorry for the long windedness 😂😂. I felt passionate about this one.

[@leondonald]

I used to think everybody went broke during the Great Depression and other major crashes but they didn’t… Some made millions, I also thought everybody went out of business during these times but they didn’t, some went into business, there's always depression/recession for some people and there's always a good time for others, it's all about perspective.

[@berkrix4312]

most of these strategies and loopholes are better managed by experts and pros in the market, the average Investor on the other hand are left to suffer during a crash.

[@HarrietBemish]

The issue is people always have the “I’ll have to do it myself mentality” Unapologetically, that’s why the get heavily affected during a crash and coupled with the fact we’ve had the longest bullrun ever in the American history, most folks aren’t equipped to manaqe this crash and it’s impending opportunltles well enough, so it only makes sense to seek proper guidance during these times, that’s what lnvestment-advlsers are for, been using one ever since the pandemc 2020 and I’ve been barely affected by crash, I have $850k in profit sitting in my portfolio and I’m unbothered about the market outcomes.

[@DavidRiggs-dc7jk]

@@HarrietBemish Well if isn’t that the hard truth…this investment-adviser that guides you must really on to something…who is he?

[@HarrietBemish]

@@DavidRiggs-dc7jk It’s a She actually ,Christine Jane Mclean , I initially came across her on a CNBC news report then on smartadvisors and I decided to hit her up. Best decision I made to stay afloat 2020.

[@DavidRiggs-dc7jk]

@@HarrietBemish Thanks for the contributions, I just skimmed through Christine Jane Mclean webpage, interesting stuff, wrote her an email.

[@susankenen5527]

During the Depression in NJ, my grandmother found a stranger sleeping in her hallway. She just threw a blanket over him

[@MarciPrice-cl6eq]

My grandmother was born in 1924..(SW Oklahoma)she taught my sister and I to live like we were still in a depression. It has saved us many times! Im now in my late 50's..and if we do have another one...our families will theive.

[@malhunt7]

Is that how to survive in a depression?! Thieve!?? 😅

[@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205]

If your bunch thieves from mine as I’m also in EOK. I will unalive yours. 😂😂

[@resarm5007]

I think it is a typo...should say "thrive".

[@CourtM]

Your certainly correct. Always live well below your standard of living . Save a significant portion of the money you do make . Be very very ridiculously careful when you might invest . The devil will try and trick you with the notion of investment. First investment GOD / truth .. second investment Yourself / securities > home third investment FAMILY / friends .. fourth investment > GOD / truth .. and on and on and on ...

[@franklimper2677]

@@resarm5007😂😂😂

[@johnmadden2106]

When you go to bed tonight remember you have a phone to watch this video, food, electricity, arms and hands eyes and ears! If we can appreciate what we have than we can keep on keeping on !

[@randomdude189]

They had more potential and their limits were natural our limits are man made. Don’t think the technology that makes you lazy is what makes your life better because it’s only making you docile and comfortable so you don’t reach further. Don’t be a fool to relativity because if those from the past had access to our technology without modern limits they would still succeed whereas we are being manipulated into complicity. Gratitude is very important but optimization and sustainable growth are just as important. If you stop at gratitude you’ll accept any situation because it’s always been worse somewhere else.

[@scabbycatcat4202]

Those are great words of wisdom. The world would be a better place if we appreciated what we had and not continually striving for someone else.

[@Keirfey]

I'm thankful for the work that so many people put into creating a documentary like this. It sure beats reading a book sometimes, even though I'm also grateful for having read things like David Halberstam's book on the 1950s while in college. Nobody should stop being a student of history if they don't have to.

[@John-ir2zf]

Now imagine the old folks who made this entire nation great... now they get to watch the documentary of its destruction by the 👈 party

[@mastercreamer1398]

Books are good to! No ads 😂

[@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205]

@@mastercreamer1398it’s too. “Books are good too”

[@mindsigh4]

@@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 don't get your two two all in a knot now 😎

[@cindiloowhoo1166]

@@mastercreamer1398 YT Premium instead of cable TV ~ Well worth it!

[@DeverVision]

We’re gonna be there again real soon. And, food for though, most people today aren’t as tough as the kids was back then…. Gonna be REAL bad for most people today…

[@LR-pw9dd]

The sad reality is that ppl don’t have real skills anymore. They think apples grow in a supermarket

[@WhatLiesBeyondTheVoid]

​@@LR-pw9dd Several months ago I bought bell peppers from the grocery store in order to use their seeds for planting in my garden. When I mentioned this to the cashier they looked at me in absolute shock and said "wow, I didnt know you could grow plants from the seeds!". 😅

[@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205]

Well it’s sad but it’s their fault for being so complacent

[@polarisjustdothework2258]

Nobody lives on farms anymore either...

[@_just_browsing_]

Not only that, but more ppl are selfish only thinking of themselves not community.

[@tawnnope7196]

My parents grew up during the depression and the dust bowl. My grandparents knew how to survive and they made it through. I was taught those skills and now I too will make it through whatever comes my way. Fortunately, I listened.

[@darrenmogg3440]

me as well - but remember - the only way we make it through is to be the guide and the helping hand to our neighbours... Success is taking up the responsibility of helping those with less to also make it through. That's the biggest lesson I have learned from my depression raised Mom. From those who can -to those in need.

[@stephaneracicot791]

my skills are the trades im a millwright by trade. showed my 2 boys about how important it is to work with your hands and head.i said in life keep your tools all of them and sell everything else but always keep your tools why...well try to fix a motor with a nice picture on the wall or silverware to change out a tire or fix plumbing and or electrical work....today both my boys are tradesman's.

[@williamwilson6499]

Tradesman’s what?

[@jennyandbuddy]

What i took from this was, Follow your passions create your own future, dont depend on the education system nor the economic system. Grow a garden come together in community. All of which i am currently doing😀🙏 i just really appreciate these little confirmations from the universe that im on the rt track! Now, WHO IS WITH ME?????

[@CourtM]

I'm with you .

[@wraprock-itroll-francisfra9370]

Whoever narrated this did a really good job. A lot more young people need to watch this so they can appreciate what they have.

[@Twizzted]

Excellent documentary. How sad that we're just 14 years post-2009 and we've learned nothing; we're heading full steam toward yet another economic disaster. Who we elect into positions of power matters. Why we self-destruct by allowing foxes into the hen house is beyond me.

[@EagleArrow]

Stolen elections as most still use 2006 software. Most cellphones today can alter an election tabulator. But people have no idea working elections as most are volunteers and only a few are paid staff. The People are selected not elected why every US city is falling apart, dangerous and schools are terrible. They worked on failing the cities first. Why people moved out and bought land to homestead or buy tiny homes. Tiny homes today are like the gypsy wagons in the 1930s. We are here. Whip cream is $5 a can & a gallon of milk is $5. I went around and traveled in 2020 and 2021 and mostly only the cities enforced masks and screamed at people not wearing masks and businesses closed. Most were wearing masks. Where the rural areas and non cities were doing business usual. Still friendly and businesses had signs "Do as you feel comfortable, wear a mask or don't, but please be kind to others or you will be asked to leave." The rural and suburbs not being bullied into masks a year later. Most did wear masks for about 3 months in 2020 before summer temps came. That was practical. Heat & sun kills viruses. The mandates came after all these corporations HR departments finished rewriting their procedures in their employee handbooks during summer of 2020. It was planned to like other events.

[@victorylane2377]

When all there is is foxes then what real choice is there. Politics in America are broken.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

The depression was great for rich people. They swooped in on businesses that were closing, they grabbed foreclosed homes and real estate. Yes, the rich get richer during bad times when the rest of the people are starving.

[@joyandrews3804]

Then they cut back on helping the needy, so they can give the already wealthy reduced taxes.

[@enaid54]

Still, it's so much worse today because everything is poison. The air, water, soil etc.! At least they could grow food and drink clean water. This is going to be worse than the great depression!

[@sylviaross5722]

Brother, can you spare a dime has just been updated to: brother, can you spare $10.

[@janlundberg5924]

...for eggs.

[@sylviaross5722]

@@janlundberg5924 Yeah, no kidding.

[@RobertBee-fs8hv]

Closer to a twenty dollar bill seriously

[@meganlehoux9514]

Sad when drugs are cheaper than food. Coming from western Canada..

[@terri348]

My mom and dad were teenagers in the great depression. Dad quit school to help his family financially. 3 generations living in 1 house, all 13 and over looking for work. My mom said she seldom saw her dad as he would travel to find work. Her mom created meals from just the little food they had, barely enough to survive.

[@aliannacone4782]

* Very powerful. Thank you. Many poignant stories. The one that stood out to me was James Karen's story about how his family was tossed out of their home by the Bank Manager while they ate lunch {15:33). His Mother offered him to sit down and have lunch with them. He spit and them and threw them out on the street where most of there possessions where taken by others also as unfortunate as them. That was in 1933. In 1945 after returning from the war and serving in the Army Air Corps. He walked into that bank and asked the manager if he knew who he was and he said he didn't, was busy and what did he want. He spit at him, told him that is what he did to his parents and knocked out out. Mr. Karen of course had much emotion telling that story many decades later and had the dignity to call the man Mr. X instead of naming him, Mr. James Karen passed away in 2018 at age 94. God Bless Him.

[@888strummer]

At the 15:23 mark, there was a line that really resonated with me today in 2023 from Richard Anderson who said, "the real thing was that you felt like the country was going down"

[@cl5193]

My next thought was, the bigger they are the harder they fall.

[@888strummer]

@@cl5193 That's scary because we have trillions in debt among the people and the government as compared to billions back in 1929.

[@Keepitkind7]

The hard part for me is that we are split. Our nation thinks were going down for completely different reasons (I'm in the middle) I just think, instead of coming together in hard times, people will be fighting eachother. Some go as far as touting another civil war. That's the worst of it.

[@domestikgoddez9823]

GREAT PIECE OF WORK!!! I rented a house from a very old man in florence oregon. he was roofing his house while in his 80s... small house. he told me his greatest accomplishment in life was keeping himself and his 3 car mechanics employed during the depression, living in hollywood while it was still pretty much orange orchards. he was a great and fascinating man. proud to have met him. he eventually sold his place to a studio that moved from chicago to california because of the weather....

[@kaitlyncranwick]

Inflation, bank collapse, severe drought in the agricultural belt, recession, food shortages, diesel fuel and heating oil shortages, baby formula shortages, available automobile shortages and prices, the price of living place.

[@SherlyDavis-ek4qz]

Government policy has thrown the future under the bus for decades. The day of judgment is near. I predict an 80% drop in the stock market. Investors will abandon stocks in favor of real estate. There will be no money in banks... You must devise a strategy for survival.

[@maggysterling33254]

Government policy has thrown the future under the bus for decades. The day of judgment is near. I predict an 80% drop in the stock market. Investors will abandon stocks in favor of real estate. There will be no money in banks... You must devise a strategy for survival.

[@TheresaAnderson-kf5xw]

I agree. I have pulled in more than $435k since 2020 through my advisor. It pays off more in the long run to just pick quality stocks and ride with those stocks.

[@maryHenokNft]

@@TheresaAnderson-kf5xw Mind if I ask you recommend this particular professional you use their service? i have quite a lot of marketing problems.

[@Sherlymaine-ud4dy]

Big Credits to “Camille Alicia Garcia” she has a web presence, so you can simply search for, there are some others but it might be difficult to get them, but Julia has been a good guide through the year.

[@catfoodgeneration]

Interesting that this video, made to talk about the parallels between the 1930s and 2009 is surfacing now.

[@stephenmiller-wb2ul]

There are university graduates who don't know there was a great depression during the 1930s. At least 3 million people died of starvation under President Herbert Hoover, and it could have been prevented. Hoover said it would, "make people weak if we feed them." Well, it certainly did. It made them weak enough to die of starvation. Hoover should be named as having committed crimes against humanity for his lack of concern for the US citizens of his day.

[@williamwilson6499]

You should write children’s books.

[@pilarmartin5051]

Another Biden Sycopata

[@janejones5362]

Hoover was about as useful as was ronald reagan. Im glad theyre both gone.

[@marianhunt8899]

True, and the foolish people cheering on this cruel economic behaviour. The clowns who always want to suffer more and more and more.

[@lindatullos9430]

yes indeed and the food stamp porgram was started to make sure kids would grow up healthy enough to pass the physicals to go to war. They had so many young men that were not fit for service because they grew up getting no real nutrition with the starvation that occurred in the great depression.

[@llN3M3515ll]

I was 8 miles from landfall of Hurricane Ian, while the hurricane was brief in comparison there are many parallels. The community came together like nothing I had ever seen prior it was truly heart warming.

[@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205]

When it’s survival of the fittest after a month or two that stops.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Why don't people move away from hurricane areas...guess they re not too bright

[@llN3M3515ll]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMANBecause potential for hurricanes doesn't outweigh living in the area.

[@lakeheuer9776]

People used to know how to grow a garden, skin a buck and be able to start a fire. Most people are completely screwed

[@upperprepper8233]

People that can't learn to live like our grandparents & great-grandparents are going to be going to bed hungry a lot. The way things are now days in metro areas; the savagery is going to be off the charts. Thugs already rob, rape, kill, steal, & maim with full bellies. Think what they'll do when they're hungry & deparate.

[@EmilGhiurau]

Best comment. They steal because they can sell to feed their bellies. When they have nothing to steal they are going to come for anyone who has any food.

[@barrywainwright3391]

Going through a depression people sure dressed nice. Everyone still had values, morals and integrity.

[@timr31908]

People got to be crazy if they don't think we're going to go into a depression just as bad if not worse.. I don't think a war is going to get us out of it😮

[@darrenmogg3440]

I sure hope we don't find out - about the War part -anyway...

[@chikari123]

I haven’t even watched the video yet but the other day I thought I was trippin when I went “man this recession isn’t ‘08 bad it’s getting Great Depression bad” turns out I was NOT trippin.

[@brianoleson9224]

you should have known of this 3 years ago when we had the 1st pandemic in 100 years just saying i been holding on for 3 years now

[@chikari123]

@@brianoleson9224 You’re definitely right about that. You know when people say that quote about not knowing your history and being bound to repeat it, they fail to mention how these cycles are manufactured and that the worst parts of history don’t have to be repeated.

[@brianoleson9224]

@@chikari123 most people are not even thinking a 2008 severity recession is coming it seems like most believe we are back on a traditional recession path or severe non historical recession like 1970s with inflation

[@hanacarina]

We’re not in a “recession” 😂

[@chikari123]

@@hanacarina what would you call it?

[@sourgrapes7301]

My great grandparents had been saving up to buy their own farm. They had $8,000 in the bank saved up to purchase the land they'd been farming on and lost it all. One of my Grandmothers lived subsistently with her mother and brothers in a little house at the border of North Dakota and Canada. Great Grandma served delivering babies, making butter, and selling eggs. That great Grandpa went to a Hooverville and was rarely seen.

[@kasiakondracki5171]

8k in 1920 woukd be about 120k in today's money. Idk where you can buy a farm for that nowadays.

[@lizh1988]

​@@kasiakondracki5171 8K was a LOT of money in the 1920s. Farmland had to have been a lot cheaper.

[@pitchforkparty]

The thumbnail drew me in because I thought this video would be comparing the robber barons, great depression, and pandemic with our current iteration of barons (Gates, Musk, Bezos, etc,) wealth inequality, and pandemic. But this is 14 years old. The parallels have only gotten scarier.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

My Dad was 7 in 1929. He benefitted from having a father (my graddad) that worked for the railroad and kept a job. The othe Grandparents lived rural on a farm, they fared pretty well as well. They all taught me to make do with little and be frugal.

[@MyceliumNet]

Please don’t ignore the repeated patterns. Generational manipulation. Shop local. Build local. Reprogram daily

[@sonyaweinreis6530]

What if locally is not here anymore,just like today 😞😞

[@RicksCafeAmericana]

Fascinating thesis here. Poverty of spirit. Material poverty is tough, but somehow connects society through sacrifice and the struggle. Prosperity and consumerism, on the other hand, gives pleasurable but its fruits are disconnection and social isolation.

[@TedApelt]

What happened? Why did it happen? You did not have the safety regulations that were put in place afterwards to make sure it never happens again. For example: Glass-Steagall which prevented crashes until it was removed in 1999 by Bill Clinton, with the resulting crash happening less than a decade later. We have had crashes and bank failures ever since then, the latest one involving SVB. We desperately need Glass-Steagall back.

[@obtuseangler768]

*cough* first republic. Good thing there 727 more banks at risk in the States according to a Fed report out today🤓

[@thedivinemissm7795]

This was insisted upon by Republicans and held Clinton's feet to their fire..."Do as we demand or no more successful legislation for you"... DON'T DISREGARD WHO IS BENEFITTING BY CHAOS IN THIS COUNTRY WHILE THEY ROB YOU OF YOUR RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.. PRIVATIZATION IS COMING TO YOUR GOVT. BENEFITS AND YOU WILL ANSWER TO THE CORPORATIONS THEN...

[@mindbr0ken]

No we don't, we need to stop fractional reserve banking and move back to a physical hard backed currency. Aswell as bringing back MFGing

[@Loganl1980]

@@mindbr0ken we were on the gold standard when the Great Depression happened. Its the corruption and deregulaton that causes this, no matter the currency.

[@mindbr0ken]

@@Loganl1980 times are different now. The crisis we are in now is all man made.

[@GodGunsGutsandNRA]

My family made it through by my grandparents, GGP’s, and aunt and uncle moving in with my parents. My parents had a large farm, and had been self sustainable for years. Beef cattle, dairy cows, huge gardens, fruit trees, nut trees, pigs, chickens, and ducks, so that sustained the entire extended family.

[@mizmilz6153]

Moral-of-the-story nothing stays bad forever as long as you don't let it keep you down

[@johnnywriight]

Get your shit together now people. There’s still time. Use it wisely.

[@charlottewilson3031]

My parents were born in 1916, 1917, and lived through the great depression. I always liked hear her stories about the iceman, the rag man, and my grandmother doing domestic work and laundry. She said that everybody got along because they were all poor. They had something that the current generations don't have, "love, family and community connection. Her thrifitiness and conservatism followed her into old age. I can still hear my father telling me to turn off the lights if you're not using them; it's become ingrained in my psyche.

[@alfredastorga2101]

Tough times never last but tough people do...Dr. Schuller

[@brianthomas5798]

Being born on October 29th, I have taken what exactly happened in 1932 that changed the lives of my grandparents to be whom and how they were since they raised me. Understanding that the excesses of the 1950s and 60s is what made my actual parents then why was my grandparents so much stable in my life. I had to know as I had my own kids to raise when I asked these questions. Knowing my grandfather joined the Navy so he had something to eat as well as a sense of belonging. My grandmother a textile worker whom knew everything from making lie soap to Cottage Cheese and my clothes! You couldnt come to our farm friend nor stranger... and right after greetings or introductions was the offer of something to eat was made to the point of insistance. Once, they knew hunger and always they a kind heart. Strict on raising but i wanted for nothing!

[@rdkuless]

this sounds a lot like, "you will own nothing and you will be happy" i don't believe anyone will be happy when they loose everything.. the 20's are the perfect example of what happens when everything is taken away from you.

[@rdkuless]

history is cyclical.

[@jacoblong6258]

They can’t take your spirit, praise be to the most high 🙏

[@janejones5362]

@@jacoblong6258 Its been tried-I lived.

[@jacoblong6258]

@@janejones5362 Amen

[@susannunes6196]

Yes I remember my grandparents vegetable gardens...and since we lived on an island the delicious fish and lobsters my grandfather and uncle couldn't sell ---when we were kids we were spoiled brats but we had to grow up to realize it....

[@uwusmolbean]

The "dirty thirties" is gonna look like a fun picnic , compared to what is happening now

[@sharonritchie6365]

You’re right. Back then honesty and the social contract was the norm. Not anymore.

[@deanaderrick3474]

This is really really well done. I enjoyed it so much . The soundtrack is wonderful, and I loved all the interviews. Awesome work on your part and a night well spent.

[@hypmotizedbysoles]

A lot of missing history but I’m glad that we got to hear from so many celebrities and civil rights activists. Apparently those were the only folks that either survived that period or had valid worthy recollections.

[@decencywarrior9598]

The only parallel I see is that many ,many people have lowered their living standards already and many areas of our country are in recession , and a there are depression pockets everywhere in rural America. Lost decade? The nightmare of stagflation is well underway , consumers cant consume . We just inflated about 30 % of our money away -we already have reached 4.8% inflation this year alone. Green jobs will help , but remember we wanted the industrial revolution ,and we are now at the pinnacle of it ,just remember the purpose of the industrial revolution -to eliminate manual labor. Redistribution of resources and basic income is coming .

[@JT-qw1cn]

Weren't people working super long shifts on dangerous machines at the start of the industrial revolution?

[@decencywarrior9598]

@@JT-qw1cn why yes they were, and they still are in the "gig" economy with evasive corporations still working around any labor law there is.

[@HorriblySound]

I loved they way people back then help each other, there were no questions asked just survival we would never do that now days. I loved the story of that man punching the bank owner ! What a great satisfaction.

[@janejones5362]

Im glad I was close to my grandparents and great grandfather when I was young. My great grandfather experienced 2 crashes. He was from Wales. HE was a tough man. Super intelligent. They did all live together. I know about eating wild things, and building a house.

[@Tess1984]

This was not scary to me. It was a stark reminder of how we had to work hard together, to get through those times... All of us !! We all walk in many different shoes. But, when it really matters, we all need to learn to walk in the SAME shoe. We are being so divided today. We cannot ever allow that to happen. One day, we will ALL need each other again. We all still have the strength, and empathy in our hearts that we were inherintly born with. Unfortunately , It just takes very hard times to bring it back out. United we Stand... Or Alone we will Fall. God Bless America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@terri348]

One more story. My dad's family went to this little mom and pop grocery store. The owner gave food on credit. After my dad came back from World war 2, he went to that store and asked if anyone paid him back. The owner said every single one paid me back.

[@virginiahunt357]

People don't know how to garden and Search for food . During the depression people knew which plants they could eat.

[@janejones5362]

I know how. I also know about gleaning. Just did it a week ago.

[@MattHumphrey2408]

Awesome piece of history, this was so well done

[@jimorgain63]

great read book called 'Grapes Of Wrath'

[@imout671]

My grandfather was born in 1917. He said none of the stores in town were open but it didn't matter because nobody had any money.

[@DeborahKettle-bs6du]

I believe we're in a depression now. It just looks different. Stores are closing due to shoplifting. Banks aren't lending. Homeowners are not selling due to the new loan interest rates. People are keeping their cars longer. More people are learning how to cook instead of going to restaurants. So many things are changing... Crime is the scariest part.

[@chrisbishop4671]

What is it about humans that when during hard times people would help each other..during prosperous times people are selfish..as a species this needs to change..

[@Exrench469]

Nice to see Phillis Diller again..

[@georgiafrancis9059]

This should be running on KBPS on a daily basis for the next 3 months. This could give a lot of people reasons for trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The majority of the people living in the US today, millions who weren't born here, have no clue about the Great Depression. Is it history? Yes.

[@darrenmogg3440]

...many of those immigrants you speak of have gone through far worse in their countries - and fighting to get here. It will be may of those people you may have to rely upon to get through the years ahead - reflect on that.

[@darrenmogg3440]

extremely well done - thank you folks

[@lisataylor5725]

One of the best documentaries I've ever watched, I laughed and cried, if school's played this to kids I think it would make a huge impression on them,thanks❤

[@threeshocks5769]

My parents were both orphaned by parents of the great depression. My soul is better for it.

[@lavidamia9]

When I was young I felt sad for these horrible times in history but I had hope because I believed the government would come to the rescue. Now that I'm in my mid-30s, and with access to endless information, I have realized that nothing we once knew as a crisis was really by accident, but intentionally. 😢 The thought that evil minds don't care about a starving child, the single mom going homeless, or the men losing hope and finding relief only by committing suicide is the worst evil. TREATING others as a replaceable body. 😢 Don't be fooled anymore by the government. Always be skeptical about why we are in this situation and notice which governments are at war...those countries are the ones getting paid back for the governments debts, we just happen to be the labor force that make those people richer. Be kind, be content with what God provides you, and pray for those who treat us horribly because time will come when God will bring justice. ❤

[@stopstealingindentypapers22]

It's amazing how it all can be broadcasted on KZbin.

[@jeneendove906]

Thank you for sharing. My parents lived this. They didn't believe in banks. 😢it's truly sad I see so many like this with our homeless and the unstable u.s.

[@danielorlando8172]

The ruling class want it both ways: high rents and low wages. It used to be you could afford to live in a studio apartment on minimum wage while you educated yourself through community college and part-time jobs to climb the ladder of success. This country has traded capitalism for the caste system. We are perpetually in need of a desperate underclass who is willing to accept abuse so the oligarchy and the political elite can forever strangle the middle class into submission. Nowadays it is impossible for any upward movement when three dollars earned means $5 out in the form of bills and responsibilities. The working class are perennially in the yoke and the whip of their capitalist slave masters

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Re 57 min: I wonder what “Social Realism” looks like today, and especially will look like tomorrow, for future generations to look back on. Good doc. Thanks for uploading.

[@DavidSmith3750]

Ty this is a awesome Documentary ty for the hard work research. Ty

[@alwaysovercomingbear4809]

What a wonderful look back!! ❤❤❤

[@geraldinemcguire1698]

The scariest thing about the depression is that my mother did not know how to cook. It is amazing that we survived.

[@janejones5362]

How did she not know?? Was she raised with money?

[@lindatullos9430]

did she even have what she needed to cook.

[@ryanstrasser9013]

Beautiful.

[@kellywright540]

My Mom and Dad were both born in 1925. My Mom's dad, my grandpa, was a carpenter so when the depression hit, they were pretty damn poor. She remembered eating lard sandwiches and was pretty darn happy to have them. She did have some relatives that were getting by better than they were so they were able to help them out some. She passed away last November at the young age of 98. About four years ago, I was flipping through the cable channels and came across a program on PBS about the crash of the Hindenburg and what might have really caused it. My Mom was like what's that about and I told her it was something about the Hindenburg crash and she replied, "Oh, I remember that." I was like wait a minute, you don't remember that! Then I did the mental math and realized she was 12 years old back in 1937 so yep, she probably does remember that! She explained that she was at the at the movies with her older sister and saw that on like the Movietone news reels that were shown in movie theaters at the time. Sometimes you forget what someone in their 90's lived through... My Dad's family on the other hand was somewhat wealthy with my great grandfather being a doctor and my grandfather being a car salesman. They had to let go of some servants and were reduced to a nanny and a housekeeper. My Dad used to say then when he graduated high school, he received his diploma on one side of the stage and his draft notice on the other side of the stage. He went on to fight in Patton's Third Army and was proud to say that his boss back then was Georgie Patton. He saw the worst of the European war, from the breakout in France, the Battle of the Bulge and helping liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. He went on to use the GI bill and was a manufacturing engineer when I was born in the early 1960's. My Mom was the typical homemaker back then, creating the family dinner that we all sat around the table to enjoy. That was until the recession hit in the 1970's and tuna casserole became staple. It also caused my Dad to get a second job working for Gimbels selling TV's and radio's in the evening. Does history repeat itself? Yes, if we don't learn from it. I worked at the same place for 25 years until 2008 rolled around and I ended up getting laid off along with most of the country. Hard times back in the 2010's and here we are, some ten years later and our country is going to hell in a hand basket since 2020. There's a lot of voter regret out there and, hopefully, we can learn from that! Mean tweets and all...

[@jlm3303]

The biggest difference between then and now is that today people will destroy each other instead of helping each other... Greed and selfishness is all that the younger generations know.

[@alanaadams7440]

My mother lived in a railroad car in the depression she ate butter and sugar sandwiches for a week. My grandfather resoled their shoes. She was always grateful for what she had

[@treefrog3349]

The inter-connected viability of the human species has been continuously undermined by the selfish interests of the few. Individual human greed has usurped the well-being of the many. Wealth, in and of itself, is not intrinsically evil. Wealth at the expense of others is brutally inhumane. Wealth at the expense of others is the status quo of our contemporary neo-liberal paradigm. "Survival of the fittest" has added an animalistic aspect to current life that is antithetical to every word spoken from every pulpit everywhere. Feigned political naiveté is hypocrisy of the highest order. And yet Mr. Everyman is expected to trust and believe in the pronouncements of our preachers and politicians! It borders on mass psychosis.

[@saturationstation1446]

the human species has been in a mass psychosis for most of the past and still is today probably. religion having governmental roles around the globe is a good sign of that. and just economic extremes existing even tho they just make everyone lose as fast as possible

[@neillillo4748]

Speaking as one who was born in 1932 I can see the similarities…lived in a cold water flat ..no central heat …no hot water ..no government assistance.. sparse food ..

[@888strummer]

Glad you made it through to tell us about it in 2023! My mom was born in 1929 and fought through a great deal and still is doing her best

[@booreed7813]

1934 here. My earliest memories are of sadness, cold, hunger, apathy. Can’t forget the polkadot pkg of Wonder bread that came flying to back seat “Her ya go girls! Make it last!” That was April in Illinois….our first vegetable was corn on cob and sweet potatoes cooked in hot coals…..delicious! The situation we find our country in now is more frightening but, could be that I’m seeing the train barreling down the tracks from the eyes of an adult, not as a small child. Be safe everybody.🤗 .

[@jeffwicklund9643]

this was truly excellent

[@johnboy4067]

My grandad said the great depression was bad but living with a woman that was real devastation, he always said to me any woman which has 2 eyes will bleed you dry and cause you real depression, I wish had listened 😢

[@HannahJoy333]

Godly women are prudent, godly men recognize their value and that’s why godly men thrive.

[@jeffburman7832]

Calvin Coolidge cut taxes in half and it resulted in the roaring 20s. The top tax bracket under FDR was 74%

[@anthonyoliver6023]

I thought it was very interesting that the study said most men felt insignificant and terrible about not being able to provide for their families. Now days most people simply don’t care. I reckon we’ll all come to our milk at some point? So sad what we humans have turned into and done to this beautiful planet 😢

[@rossshin184]

Maybe the best documentary I've ever watched.