[prostoalex]

> Not long ago one high school educated American working a factory shift could support a wife and four kids.

Wasn't much of that advantage predicated on what's now regarded as gender/race discrimination?

[kingmanaz]

No. These advantages stemmed from generations of hard work passed down as inheritance, and, from gender roles voluntary entered into through religious preference.

The past is not necessarily a litany of crime, the present is not necessarily an improvement.