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Jamaal510

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36. Considering that I was born in 1990,

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 08:44 PM

Jul 2012

the 90s were the best for me personally. I didn't have a care in the world besides going to school and playing with my video games and toys. I never had to worry about getting a GF, learning to drive, or finding my own place.

As for the entire country financially, I think that its best decade is hands-down anytime before Reagan became president. He was the chief architect of the trickle-down economics that has put so many working class people in a hole, yet the GOP still wants to continue.

When it comes to social issues, though, I think minorities have more rights today than we ever did. Before the 2000s, gay marriage was much less accepted. And before the '50s and '60s, there was no Civil Rights Act or Voting Rights Act, and segregation was still legal.

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Which decade do you think was the best? [View all] RKP5637 Jul 2012 OP

anything pre-Reagan and pre-Walmart Skittles Jul 2012 #1

Yep! That sure sums it up well!!! I was talking with a young kid the RKP5637 Jul 2012 #4

strange Skittles Jul 2012 #5

There is sooo much reality in that statement. I just took them for RKP5637 Jul 2012 #10

I see an America where rightwing whackos have essentially won Skittles Jul 2012 #13

Sometimes I wonder if we're headed for some type of right wing theocratic RKP5637 Jul 2012 #15

Some of us do... malthaussen Jul 2012 #32

So, in other words, anything before 1962? Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #49

All the decades before Reagan. Kalidurga Jul 2012 #2

1700's bluerum Jul 2012 #3

I was always just too young to really enjoy it, but the 70's by far. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #6

20's -..__... Jul 2012 #7

In terms of optimism, the 70s Auggie Jul 2012 #8

I enjoyed the '60s and early '70s, Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #9

LOL, I know what you mean! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #11

I think that covers it... malthaussen Jul 2012 #12

Yeah, the 70s XemaSab Jul 2012 #14

Not to mention disco. Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #17

And leisure suits in all colors of the rainbow, like lime green and tangerine. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #23

I loved disco! It was so absurd and I love absurd in art! CTyankee Jul 2012 #33

I've always preferred 65-75. malthaussen Jul 2012 #16

Very interesting observation. I often wonder what causes the RKP5637 Jul 2012 #25

Yup...culturally speaking, it was the peak BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #27

Got to agree with Mal- KegCreekDem Jul 2012 #42

I voted nineties. RiffRandell Jul 2012 #18

That's exactly why I voted for the 90's. tridim Jul 2012 #26

It's not even close. The '60's were best, and I know this because.... Scuba Jul 2012 #19

One of my friends said the other day if you can remember the 60's, you RKP5637 Jul 2012 #20

Usually it's "If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there." malthaussen Jul 2012 #31

I think the 60's (early to mid)... MrMickeysMom Jul 2012 #21

Yep, to me the JFK years were magical! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #22

The 1610's. Marr Jul 2012 #24

As long as I'm alive & kickin, it's a great decade. Inkfreak Jul 2012 #28

I'm holding out Scootaloo Jul 2012 #29

75-80 were personally the best era for me. nt Raine Jul 2012 #30

It was the nineties for me. The music was great, pnwest Jul 2012 #34

I voted for 50's crimson77 Jul 2012 #35

Yep, things were built to last and repairable, many companies took pride in you RKP5637 Jul 2012 #39

Um, there's a bit of old-fogeyism inherent, there malthaussen Jul 2012 #48

Interesting link you posted, especially this paragraph. I didn't realize RKP5637 Jul 2012 #53

Yeah, the 1932 bit was new to me. malthaussen Jul 2012 #55

Yep!!! LOL "just old wine in new bottles." That's how I like to think of RKP5637 Jul 2012 #56

Considering that I was born in 1990, Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #36

Yep, I think civil rights today are far far better. Back in the 50's, etc. gay marriage, RKP5637 Jul 2012 #43

80s. Duran Duran, Kajagoogoo, Fun Boy 3, and Haircut 100. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #37

Ain't no best. 1990's weren't such a bad time to grow up though. craigmatic Jul 2012 #38

70s. moondust Jul 2012 #40

The half decade after Vietnam and Nixon thucythucy Jul 2012 #41

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #46

I am willing to bet a buck that 99% of the votes just happen to pick the decade when the grantcart Jul 2012 #44

Only 99%? n/t malthaussen Jul 2012 #50

I picked the decade when the Great Society was in full swing, Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #52

I'm an 80s kid. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #45

90's. Alduin Jul 2012 #47

The 60's, for me, meant good things: Ineeda Jul 2012 #51

The next one, and the one after that.... Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #54