re: Back in the 70s, we had high gas prices and inflation, too.

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I remember the 70s enough to know it makes nowadays seem like a utopia.

Lead paint and gas, terrible fashion, nasty shag carpet and crappy furniture. Out of control inflation, unemployment and interest rates. Pollution, litter and cig. butts were everywhere. Nobody gave a damn and it seemed like every adult smoked… inside.

A nuclear war could start any minute, but news traveled slower then so we’d have never known before being vaporized.

Great Rock and Roll bands and much better country music was its only saving grace.

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Hate to burst your bubble bro, but we still have enemies now and those enemies still have nukes. You had TV and radio then and Civil Defense warnings. Everybody knew that it would take about 20 minutes for missiles from Russia to fly here, less if launched from a close by submarine. It really isn't any different, except now you have minor rogue states who hate us with nukes, more biological weapons, and cyber attacks, which could be crippling.

But there was shag carpeting, avocado fridges, leisure suits, and disco. We mostly wore jeans and t-shirts, that much we could control. And if you were smoking bad weed in the 70s, that was your fault.