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griffi94

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18. I agree with you that the bottom line is economics.

Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:05 PM

Aug 2021

The GOP figured out in the late 1970s that their economic policies were non-starters for most middle-class people.
The only way to get them to vote against their own interests is to get them angry enough that they're willing to die slowly as
long as the other side dies first. We see that now with their "Own Libs" mentality.

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"...it's like a mid-life crisis for a lot of white males for whom they want it to be 1969 again." [View all] marmar Aug 2021 OP

Conservative and brilliantly do not compute. pwb Aug 2021 #1

Middle aged white males weren't alive in 1969. Sympthsical Aug 2021 #2

You think someone born in 1962 is a senior citizen at 59 yrs of age? MichMan Aug 2021 #4

I don't think a lot of 7 year olds . . . Sympthsical Aug 2021 #6

No, but they all saw the same TV shows that depicted how their world was suppose to be. Biophilic Aug 2021 #26

Bingo! A HERETIC I AM Aug 2021 #62

TV in the 70's and 80's was a lot of reruns from the 60's NickB79 Aug 2021 #61

3 ages: maxsolomon Aug 2021 #8

I prefer ageless Sympthsical Aug 2021 #24

Ambrose Bierce put it nicely. ChazInAz Aug 2021 #34

Man, that sure hit the nail on the head. Mr. Evil Aug 2021 #53

Thank You. Good Lord. cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #27

The anger has been carried over True Blue American Aug 2021 #37

People who are nostalgic about 1969 are not at mid-life age. MineralMan Aug 2021 #3

I think those following some recent so-called "movements" of the '80s, '90s, etc...... George II Aug 2021 #5

Still, people who were adults in 1969 are seniors now. MineralMan Aug 2021 #10

True. I was 21 at the time and more interested in my classes than doing all the things.... George II Aug 2021 #15

In 1969, I was 24 years old, and just finishing up my USAF enlistment. MineralMan Aug 2021 #41

Keep in mind memories fade as you get older. What you True Blue American Aug 2021 #39

and the civil rights act of 1964. he refers to 1965 in his theory too. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2021 #52

People aren't nostalgic about growing up ? MichMan Aug 2021 #9

Sigh LanternWaste Aug 2021 #66

it's fiunny as a lot of these people "hate" the 60's and 70's DonCoquixote Aug 2021 #7

When Was America Great? GopherGal Aug 2021 #19

America was & still IS great. Thats why millions try to come here every year. oldsoftie Aug 2021 #44

I it was economic opportunity as much as anything. nt Ligyron Aug 2021 #56

In 1969, I still had some hope for peace, love, democracy, and equality. Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2021 #71

I was in college in 1969. I remember the year with pleasure. Paladin Aug 2021 #11

I was too, but mine was 116. George II Aug 2021 #16

People tend to forget the importance of those little numbers to guys, in '69. (nt) Paladin Aug 2021 #21

Well Rebl2 Aug 2021 #31

That's how I feel about it, to this very day. Damn lucky. (nt) Paladin Aug 2021 #35

I was a univ student and remember vividly moonscape Aug 2021 #36

I'll never forget that night. Paladin Aug 2021 #38

Draft Lottery Numbers Dave in VA Aug 2021 #42

Thanks for that. I always wondered what mine would've been if i'd been old enough; oldsoftie Aug 2021 #46

I never had to register. VGNonly Aug 2021 #47

I'm very familiar with this group. griffi94 Aug 2021 #12

Good analysis. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Sherman A1 Aug 2021 #14

Horse Hockey Sherman A1 Aug 2021 #17

I agree with you that the bottom line is economics. griffi94 Aug 2021 #18

I was in Jr. high school. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #20

1969? Try 1959 Retrograde Aug 2021 #22

This Jimbo S Aug 2021 #55

or 1859 JI7 Aug 2021 #64

It was a country ran by white males. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #23

Tom Nichols is 60 years old blogslug Aug 2021 #25

1969? Hell...I was worried about the damn draft !,, ashredux Aug 2021 #28

These are the same men who continue to insist the election was stolen dlk Aug 2021 #29

Think about Rebl2 Aug 2021 #32

Two very different types of people dlk Aug 2021 #50

Very true! Rebl2 Aug 2021 #51

The couples in their 70s-80s, women walks behind the husband. Jon King Aug 2021 #30

If he thinks we're living "longer and healthier" in 2021, he hasn't seen the statistics. n/t malthaussen Aug 2021 #33

+1 leftstreet Aug 2021 #45

If I thought the world was falling apart Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #40

I remember assassinations in 1968, the moon landing in 1969, and Kent State in 1970 struggle4progress Aug 2021 #43

i was still a child in 1969. AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #48

Me too.but i.remember.the racism and sexism Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #60

Standard of living falls as wages stagnate, yet there are more and more essentials to buy bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #49

I see much of that is true with TFG-humpers, but it goes far deeper ffr Aug 2021 #54

My take is older men identified with their job, and many had rough times trying to earn a paycheck lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #57

I know a lot of these people. Initech Aug 2021 #58

40 years of Reaganism destroyed their repuke foo-foo land. They outsourced everything American traitorsgalore Aug 2021 #59

That's exactly right FakeNoose Aug 2021 #65

Because Raygun and Limpballs radicalleft Aug 2021 #69

I'd like to be physically the way I was in 1969 again DavidDvorkin Aug 2021 #63

Naw, I was only 13. 1974, though... n/t malthaussen Aug 2021 #68

Dudes gotta quit livin' in the past Blue Owl Aug 2021 #67

Sure, it was a great time. The Women's Movement . The Civil Rights Movement. niyad Aug 2021 #70

Guess what? In 30 or 40 years, today's youth will be complaining Steelrolled Aug 2021 #72