• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    The Democrats didn’t hate Reagan enough to not continue with his neoliberal policies once they got back into office in 1992. In fact, the neoliberal era really started in the late 70s when the Democrat Jimmy Carter was in office.

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          6 days ago

          To be fair, the regulations at the time meant that only the richest assholes could afford to fly anywhere. The airlines were literally forbidden from competing on price.

          The problems started when Reagan allowed the first mergers.