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Ilsa

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10. 1980s: "Greed is good."

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 04:38 PM

Mar 2022

I think I liked the 70s better because I think intentions were better.

But I think society now is better than 40+ years ago.

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So, were the eighties and nineties great decades [View all] boston bean Mar 2022 OP

Some ways yes, some ways no. Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #1

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times... First Speaker Mar 2022 #2

were Kali Mar 2022 #3

TYVM. It is the dang iPad! boston bean Mar 2022 #4

... Kali Mar 2022 #9

Absofuckinglutely! Especially the 80s! That decade ROCKED! beaglelover Mar 2022 #5

Things are more like they are now than every before. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #6

war on drugs vs normalization of cannabis eShirl Mar 2022 #7

No. Celerity Mar 2022 #8

1980s: "Greed is good." Ilsa Mar 2022 #10

The crack epidemic was pretty awful and violence was out of control until the early 90's. Ace Rothstein Mar 2022 #11

IMHO, the 90s w/Bill Clinton was almost heaven. The 80's were far from it. nt oasis Mar 2022 #12

Agreed. Everybody was working. The cold war ended with the fall... brush Mar 2022 #21

Staying the Clinton/Gore course, would've resulted in a much better world oasis Mar 2022 #25

Yeah, we wouldn't have had the Iraq war. Gore would've tackled... brush Mar 2022 #33

The music was much, much better. SheilaAnn Mar 2022 #13

And the hair was bigger, but maybe not better! boston bean Mar 2022 #31

If music is your yardstick, definitely Shermann Mar 2022 #14

All I can say is that the 80s and 90s were boring compared to the 60s and 70s... Sancho Mar 2022 #15

As I was telling someone a few days ago ... dawg Mar 2022 #16

I like the nineties AZProgressive Mar 2022 #17

The Clinton years, especaily the late '90s after the fall of the... brush Mar 2022 #18

It depends on what is being measured and compared, of course. Efilroft Sul Mar 2022 #19

Only bad decade in my lifetime has been the 2020s fescuerescue Mar 2022 #20

Well, I was ForgedCrank Mar 2022 #22

In hindsight, yes. Ron Obvious Mar 2022 #23

Malcontent is good. Nothing would change without you guys. brush Mar 2022 #34

I'd lean toward agreement only because people weren't constantly coming into my home... Hugin Mar 2022 #24

1980 -1999 greater than 2000 - 2019. SYFROYH Mar 2022 #26

it's always a mixed bag Javaman Mar 2022 #27

I enjoyed the eighties an order of magnitude more than the 90s-- but I was apolitical at the time Torchlight Mar 2022 #28

The 21st century blows lame54 Mar 2022 #29

Yes it does. Boomerproud Mar 2022 #36

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times Retrograde Mar 2022 #30

The 80s and 90s still had the basic post-WW2 order, even as it was running out of steam JHB Mar 2022 #32

I think so. but honestly I never used to follow politics as much back then. IcyPeas Mar 2022 #35