What is your personal reflection on the Great Depression?

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Explanation:

Okay, so this is not a specific answer so I will just answer as me.

The great depression was a great economic crash that had a domino effect on the world, not just the US. With that, people's lives changed drastically. My family was one of the ones NOT negatively affected by this crash. My great grandfather own an "adult industry" related business that seemed to thrive during these desperate times. He had a "escort" service that did exceptionally well and was conducted out of a trailer park in West Texas, there was a convenient tavern attached to mingle with women and also sold bootleg moonshine and whiskey. I once read a paper done by my grandma about her family during the depression and she quoted my Great-father as saying "we didn't even know people were broke, the whiskey flowed and the steaks were good."

But, less subjective and more objectively, the great depression was a major milestone in American History that taught us that nothing is guaranteed, you may be sitting pretty Monday and by Friday you could be homeless. I think that, that economic collapse helped shaped great American ideals like Social security and even welfare. We as a nation (& globally) came together to get through such a pressing time and became better for it.

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