• rabber@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    I feel as if that’s kind of fair given that the men were the ones who had to die without any choice in the matter, no?

    Also I didn’t know I was downvoted as I have that turned off lol

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      20 hours ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill#Problems

      Except a lot of men who fought over there were rewarded with returning back to the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder.

      Status quo was maintained. Women and people of color were promised opportunity and reward for helping with the war effort, but largely didn’t get it.