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re: 1950's in America. Was it really better than today?
Posted on 10/2/15 at 3:44 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Posted on 10/2/15 at 3:44 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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I wouldn't call them way cool
Compared to the decades before??? I say yes..... The 50's gave us SOOO much more on a positive side than any decade before it.... In todays society....
There is NOTHING COOL......... Unless you live in Montana or Idaho or Wyoming...... Fresh air, NO CRIME... Very little amount of people.... And the views are great.....
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 3:44 pm to Crawdaddy
I feel like the 24 hour, ratings-driven news cycle that we have now makes things seem much worse than they are. Fear is a powerful tool.
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 10/2/15 at 3:50 pm to HogX
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I feel like the 24 hour, ratings-driven news cycle that we have now makes things seem much worse than they are.
So true........ I guess to be fair... Its when and where you grow up that will make a difference on how you feel on this topic.... I grew up In a small town in Michigan in the 60's and 70's... There was no crime. Fresh air... Just an all-American type town.... I had the same advantadges as a kid in California or Fla...
Posted on 10/2/15 at 3:51 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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There is no "better decade" period. All have had strengths and weaknesses. Technology rocks today, but the people absolutely suck. Whiniest decade ever. People whine about everything and feel entitled.
At least we are not whining about black people using the same bathrooms or waterfountains
Or whining about Elvis moving his hips.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 3:55 pm to Dire Wolf
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At least we are not whining about black people using the same bathrooms or waterfountains
WOW.... BTW there is STILL a lot of that going on.... A shame ??? YES... But it still goes on..........
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Or whining about Elvis moving his hips.
ANOTHER reason the 50's were way cooler than todays times...
And YES I will say it.. Back in the 50's we didn't have to PUT UP with RAP music and ALL that goes with it....... The music of the 50's>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RAP....ALL DAY LONG................
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:00 pm to Crawdaddy
Dunno, wasn't there.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:03 pm to dukke v
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50's>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RAP....ALL DAY LONG................
Motown, when black people were still awesome musicians.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:04 pm to genro
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:05 pm to dukke v
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Compared to the decades before??? I say yes.
I would agree with that. I'd definitely take the 1950s over WW2 and the Great Depression. I'd also take them over the 1960s.
But I'd take any decade from the 1970s to now over the 1950s.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:06 pm to CadesCove
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Motown, when black people were still awesome musicians.
Correct... Motown was COOL.... RAP???? Is thuggish.. AND all the crime that follows it.....
I don't think I ever heard of a Motown artist in the 50's singing about killing cops and family members...........
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:10 pm to dukke v
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I don't think I ever heard of a Motown artist in the 50's singing about killing cops and family members...........
They did get shot by their family members
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:16 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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But I'd take any decade from the 1970s to now over the 1950s.
Well that's just because we evolved as a society... More things to use to make life easier... And make people more lazy...... IMO.........
I lived in my 20's in the 80's...My fav decade.... The 90's to now... Society sucks.... 9/11 changed me quite a bit as far as how great America is..... I mean those bastards came into MY BACKYAD and did this...How could we let that happen???????????
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:17 pm to Crawdaddy
Yes. Unequivocally yes.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:17 pm to Dire Wolf
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They did get shot by their family members
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:19 pm to Dire Wolf
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They did get shot by their family members
OK... You are an idiot a-hole.. Let me guess??? YOU are a huge rap fan....... Then you are a loser............
Have a nice fricking day.............
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:20 pm to genro
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A man could work a regular factory job and live a nice middle class life while his wife stayed home. Communities were tight knit and people didn't lock their doors.
People loved their country, our culture and traditions were much more unified and in tact.
It's true as corny as it sounds.
Jim Crow
Black voter suppression
Rampant employment discrimination
No civil rights statutes
The Red Scare
Racism everywhere
Women kept in their place
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:22 pm to dukke v
I love stax
Motown was ok
Motown was ok
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:22 pm to dukke v
Sick em.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:22 pm to genro
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Society's atomized, people are isolated, neighbors don't mean much, and a lot more kids grow up listless with no clue what to believe in. Marriage, family, morals, and public schools have gone down the crapper, and generally both spouses have to work just to barely get by in the middle class.
All very true. From a society/country perspective, we are far worse off than the 1950's.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:22 pm to rehtaeh
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rehtaeh
Glad to see you thought the 50s were better too.
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 4:24 pm
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