Have things gotten really worse, or have I just become an Old Fart?

[KoKo]

203. I think we had hope, then. Optimism of youth, but

there were still some "New Deal Policies" in place for workers and the Unions still had some power to threaten strikes and be heard. So, there was still a "system" in place. Plus IBM and others were hiring as the computer revolution had begun and there were jobs in the Big Pharma and Consumer Products and Auto, Textile and Manufacture. That was to erode in the coming decades when Globilization and Offshoring began.

I don't see much hope these days. It sort of died with the slogan "Hope & Change." So much momentum...and then...this Malaise...

Maybe it will be cyclical but so much has been destroyed of what was left of the New Deal and those who held things together are very old or have passed on.

There are youth today who don't remember what "rural" life was. They only know TV and Enfotainment. They don't know quiet time...creative thinking time. But their world is different and they will sort it out or not survive.

Whatever...this is a ramble and I remember that the 60's and early 70's were certainly filled with Revolution and what many of us thought was positive change for conserving our Environment, Consumer Protections, end to our Military Involvement in other countries and a growing Gardening Movement. The China Trade Agreements and Offshoring were the end to that.