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4. Sorry, I can't relate to that.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 04:01 PM
Oct 2021

Last edited Mon Oct 4, 2021, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Not sure where you're coming from, or looking to validate.

Carl Sagan may have been an outlier.

Remember, we were called Depression babies, and our numbers were apparently lower because of that, though I never noticed fewer numbers, because most families were larger during that time period anyway.
Most of us feel we were brought up in a fairly good atmosphere, in that we knew what life's rules were and mostly didn't find it hard to adhere to, and that life was smoother if you did.
The Eisenhower years, when we were in high school and college were orderly. Adlai Stevenson was my candidate for President twice, and he would have been a good one, but wouldn't have been that radically different from Ike.

As I write this, I'm aware that for many, life was not as good and extreme problems existed that needed to be righted.
Some beginnings were made during that period, not easily won.

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