Q: If someone from the 1950's suddenly appeared today,

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31. Other things they might notice

No more USSR, but a Russia that's an even greater threat to national security and a Republican party that is complicit with that.

Telecommunications that let you see people as you talk with them.

Conversations online by anyone with anyone, anywhere in the world, including celebrities and public office holders.

Streaming movies and music on small electronic devices, but with a decline in the quality of musical sound from what vinyl records had.

Women holding credit cards in their own names.

Women as mayors, governors, Senators and House members, and a racially mixed woman as VP with a white second gentleman.

The amount of free speech and casual use of "forbidden words."

Self-driving cars no longer science fiction.

Legal abortions.

A former, two term Black president.

Profit-driven privatization of the military, prisons, and other public services.

Congressional members carrying guns into the Capitol.

The White House fenced in and the Capitol building fenced off and protected by National Guard troops.

Voice-driven home lighting, music, etc.

Girls wearing slacks and jeans to school (when it's open).

Everything powered by computers, from phones to banks, hospital records, and atomic power and the danger of being hacked.