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CMV: The United States is going through another Gilded Age.

The Gilded Age in the US, for those who don't know, was a time period that was characterized by rampant corruption in the government and big businesses, big businesses basically having total control over the federal government, anti-union sentiment, mass influx of immigrants getting paid poorly, a very strong economy, horrible environmental protection, and hyper-partisanship.

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This is almost *exactly* what the US is going through at the moment. Our congressman work for their highest donors and lobbyists, and once again, money and big corporations have nearly unlimited power in the federal government. Millions of immigrants currently in the US are getting paid well below what is the federally accepted minimum wage in order for businesses to maximize profits. The republican party especially dislikes worker unions which force corporations to treat their workers fairly. The republican party also has dislike of the EPA (that they set up) and a weird love of removing regulations set up to protect the environment. The hyper-partisanship of today also closely reflects that of the gilded age, with one party in bed with big corporations and another staunchly opposed to them.
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I think you're misunderstanding the Gilded Age. It's called that because yes there were social problems but it was all hidden under a gold layer, the problems were "gilded" so people didn't worry about them. So the very fact that you're being so open about our problems and all of these problems are problems people deal with and know about and many people want to work against prevent this from being another Gilded Age. We know our age isn't golden.