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In reply to the discussion: The 1950's were not all that great and they are not coming back [View all]maindawg
(1,151 posts)Had a head on when I was 6 so real glad we seat belts ,it was 1966. Those 50s cars were two ton death traps. The 50s were the beginning of consumerism.
America became a different place than it had been. The middle class was born out of the chaos of the first half of the 20 the century that featured two world wars , a great depression and the invention of the automobile. Our world was born in 1950.
Nothing has changed if anything , life in these America's has become more cumbersome.
Prior to the 50s , most people still lived a pretty simple lifestyle. Not a whole lot had changed. No TV most folks walked to where ever they went,school church the store. You made do, that was how it was. My grandma told me that, you made do.
Children played , sometimes even outside. I haven't seen anything like that since the 1970s and it was me.
Having said all that, we are still Americans down deep and we still rock . We may have lost our way in Vietnam, we may have too much violence between the police and the crazy mass murderers. Our political system is wac we are doomed , but there are still among us people who will not yield. Still a few warriors. Still a few who can see through the bullshit and still few who have a glimmer of hope. Still a few real Americans. A few