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RobinA

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45. You Somehow Think

Thu Aug 15, 2019, 01:14 PM

Aug 2019

that everyone who knows what a booming economy looks like being gone is going to result in a great economy? That's the path to nihilism. The very thing that creeps its way across our country as we speak.

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Man I'm sick of nostalgia for the 1950s [View all] Recursion Aug 2019 OP

Whenever some Republican relative of mine pines for the 1950's Mariana Aug 2019 #1

Right, but, you hear nostalgia for it on the left too Recursion Aug 2019 #2

I don't disagree but think it more complicated. GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #3

no, black homes were stolen. mopinko Aug 2019 #5

Black farmers have lost over half their land since 1940 Recursion Aug 2019 #8

It wouldn't be so bad if they were nostalgic about the real time then... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #4

Exactly! StarryNite Aug 2019 #32

True. Racism, sexism, big tobacco, McCarthyism, blacklisting, etc. VOX Aug 2019 #6

No, no: that's exactly what I'm trying to kill. The economy was everything Recursion Aug 2019 #9

Segregated army followed by the GI Bill jberryhill Aug 2019 #12

Yup, and the USDA actively expropriated black land to give to white farmers Recursion Aug 2019 #13

Exactly, it was a caste system based on free labor radius777 Aug 2019 #19

Oh wow I hadn't thought of that Recursion Aug 2019 #25

Well that's why so many former white Dems switched to the Repub party after the Civil Rights Era... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #33

And many of the "New Deal" programs excluded black people. brush Aug 2019 #39

Yeah, kind of my point about FDR... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #50

Something I've wondered about re:Japanese internment. How safe would they have been living in BamaRefugee Aug 2019 #52

I know that during WWI German Americans were attacked violently appalachiablue Aug 2019 #57

I'd be willing to bet Japanese Americans of that time would've chosen their freedom... brush Aug 2019 #65

Please. That was for whites only. And what's also not mentioned is there were recessions... brush Aug 2019 #43

Yep, for a brief slice of the 20th centuries job opportunities were plentiful for white males... brush Aug 2019 #7

interesting, your conjecture? Demonaut Aug 2019 #10

I can dig it. ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #11

you don't love the '50s? myohmy2 Aug 2019 #14

People forget how progressive that show actually was. Coventina Aug 2019 #34

There is no decade that is perfect Texasgal Aug 2019 #15

. raging moderate Aug 2019 #16

That was my experience growing up in the 50's also. llmart Aug 2019 #44

I agree. I was born a white male in 1946. I was aware that I had privileges that wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #17

Movies and television shaped the mindset of that Era and cast the die for the future. jaysunb Aug 2019 #18

Agreed...I think MadTv summed it up best cabot Aug 2019 #20

👀 underpants Aug 2019 #26

Those people will be gone soon. NCLefty Aug 2019 #21

I'm glad I grew up in a time when a walk in the school yard didn't mean potential death. Vinca Aug 2019 #22

Me too. cwydro Aug 2019 #38

Well, You Can't RobinA Aug 2019 #23

Having grown up in the 1950s, I have no nostalgia for that period. MineralMan Aug 2019 #24

The reason women got into the "formal" economy.. MicaelS Aug 2019 #27

I was a working woman in the 50s and jobs WERE plentiful....good jobs. virgogal Aug 2019 #31

The only real hope is for the people nostalgic for the 1950s to die off. Yavin4 Aug 2019 #28

You Somehow Think RobinA Aug 2019 #45

As the OP stated, the "booming economy of the 1950s" is largely a myth Yavin4 Aug 2019 #54

That's a big reason Unions fell from grace bigbrother05 Aug 2019 #29

Absolutely correct n/t Metatron Aug 2019 #42

The Powers That Be RobinA Aug 2019 #47

Just think, someday there will be those who consider now to be the "good old days". elocs Aug 2019 #30

Rightfully so. This is objectively the best time to be alive in human history Recursion Aug 2019 #37

By 1960 U.S. cars and steel were not competitive in world markets. Democrats_win Aug 2019 #35

I've always thought the 50s were a weird creepy time to be alive BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #36

My dad never listens to music beyond the 60s channel. Initech Aug 2019 #41

I Find The '50's RobinA Aug 2019 #48

Humanity has evolved a lot since then. Initech Aug 2019 #40

No Timeframe RobinA Aug 2019 #49

I didn't see it mentioned so I will add this perspective - they liked obedient women. Runningdawg Aug 2019 #46

And if you are a woman and had an abusive husband, unless your family was very supportive raccoon Aug 2019 #60

The conservative's idea of the 50's is a myth. Thomas Hurt Aug 2019 #51

Half based on sitcoms, half based on Stepford-based fantasies... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #53

Incels believe that they're owed June Cleaver Yavin4 Aug 2019 #55

Don't forget a lack of birth control forced women into multiple child situations OnlinePoker Aug 2019 #56

A-fricking-men! raccoon Aug 2019 #61

No well paid jobs for women. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #66

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I'm also sick of nostalgia for the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980's. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #62

That's when I was a kid. I love the music (Rock n roll that is) raccoon Aug 2019 #63

Super high tax rates also fueled the good economy!! Killed by Reagan bobbieinok Aug 2019 #64