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In reply to the discussion: Over all - was life better 50 years go today - or was it worse? [View all]TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)I guess Dickens said it best, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
It was a great time to be growing up if you were white, male and middle class. My friends with wealthy parents had every thing money can buy, but money can't buy love, can it? My friends who were poor had it bad but many were better off then the rich kids because they had love from their families.
White men had the best jobs, women who had to work had the most menial - regardless of race.
Public education including college was good and accessible to many, because of low tuitions at state funded schools many were able to work through school-paying their own way.
The draft was in effect even if Vietnam had not really gotten hot. But if one went in the service their was the GI bill which would help with buying a house and/or higher education.
Edited to add: I voted after all some good some bad