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Efilroft Sul

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19. It depends on what is being measured and compared, of course.

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 04:56 PM

Mar 2022

But the promise of the 21st century and the world being a better place, as sold to those of us alive in the 80s and 90s, has been completely betrayed by the worst hobgoblins of politics, media, and the stupidest and cruelest among us.

I have few good things to say about the last 21+ years, and so much in this world has taken major steps backward. Surely, I cannot be the only person who thinks this.

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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