A dear friend recently sent me an email, which pointed out the rather drastic differences in our lives today (2018) compared to the year 1918. Perhaps you, also have seen that email. All items compared were interesting but a few caught my attention and of course begged a response.
1918---fuel for cars was sold in drug stores.......................2018---sold at grocery stores.
1918---Canada prohibited poor people from entering........2018---today those are 'shithole' countries.
1918---2-out-of-10 adults could not read............................2018---7-out-of-10 adults won't read.
1918---buy pot, heroin & morphine over the counter at the local drugstore
2018---buy pot, heroin & morphine at the corner in front of the local drugstore.
1918---18% of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
2018---Those domestic workers do not have to be 'out of the neighborhood before dark.'
1918---There were about 230 murders that year in the entire Nation.
2018---There are 240 murders every six days in the United States.
1918---The President was Woodrow Wilson who had been President of Princeton University. President Wilson brought us the League of Nations, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Income Tax.
2018---Our President is Donald Trump who had been President of Trump University who will not show us his income taxes.
Finally, I've lived 42-years longer than the life expectancy for a 1918 man.
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