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Chris Armstrong: “We've gotten pretty complacent and decadent, I think in the…”

Featuring: Chris Armstrong, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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… guys have as well, is that this is not a temporary thing what we're doing, it's what we have to do forever. Yes. What we should have been doing. Yes. We've gotten pretty complacent and decadent, I think in the incredible lifestyle and standard of living we've had here in the US post World War II. And we took a lot of stuff for granted and a lot of people don't know how works. (50:07–50:18)

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Asserts that Americans have become complacent due to post-WWII prosperity.

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