Or have lower class families been buying plastic to increase the appearance of their quality of life for 6+ generations?
I get that we're going through mega-inflation since covid. Even before that, if you bought whole foods and clothes that aren't plastic (nylon), the ol' paycheck only stretched so far.
I'd really like to pick the brain of a self-aware Boomer and find out how long it's been like this.
A middle class existed very much so. Middle class is directly tied to private ownership and control of modest assets. That did/does exist to a greater extent in the USA and some countries. It's why they are trying to make it so we own nothing. And they own everything and make us rent it from them.