The difference is that during the great depression, we had breadlines.
The enormity of those without work today is masked by our automated dispensaries. Now the bread comes in the mail - or refills the EBT card.
If people today had to stand in line to get their assistance, it would dwarf what we saw in the 30’s, and there would be rioting in the streets...
“...and there would be rioting in the streets...”
...and that’s exactly why there are EBT cards!
I can’t say who or where or where I heard this, but at least a couple techno-wizards are scoping out the possibility of revealing the true situation to the public by boogering up the EBT network and making things go to paper.
I just hope they’ve thought things through very carefully.