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[–] 33 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

The largest occupational percentile for men in the 1950's were jobs in manufacturing/production.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yep. The 50’s was dudes working in the asbestos plants, chemical plants and automotive plants without any sort of PPE. I mean, folks in general were eating off of actually radioactive dinner plates made of (depleted) uranium and lead was in everything down to kids toys.

    Health and safety for workers was better than the 1800’s, but certainly a far cry from what we have today.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Don't forget there were a lot of war vets in the mix too, with a good proportion of them that lost comrades in D-day and Market Garden. Mental health, were it tracked like it is today, would have clocked somewhere between "uh-oh" and "abysmal." Everyone self-medicated with alcohol, more work, and motorcycles... if at all.

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