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Originally Posted by justplugit
1.The draft- guys volunteered with pride to serve their country.
2.Tax rates- you may be right, prolly the general average was 20%
over an $8 or $10,00 income when an income of $5-$8,000 was a great salary.
Majority were 1 family income, as most women were homemakers.
Plus we were fighting a war in Korea, "police action" pfft., and then the Vietnam
War starting early 60's.
3.Segregation- I went to an 1800 student city high school and there was no
segregation, never saw a fight or problem because of race. Yes in the South.
4. Mc Cartyism- yes, there was a great fear of Communism.
5. Rampant censorship- Rampant? of what?
6.Testing of biological weapons- only one I knew of was troops witnessing
a nuclear test several miles from the test sight.
6.The war on drugs- Never heard or saw anyone taking drugs until the
mid 60's, when the crime rate went through the roof.
7.FBI on Lenon- again mid late 60's.
As a generalization the average citizen wasn't affected by any of the above.
People were friendly and always willing to help out, no class dsitinction, a man's
word was as good as his bond, kids were free to play 12 hours a day outdoors without
fear, you could buy a BB gun without being finger printed, people were proud of their
country and on and on.
The 60's and all it entailed started our country down the wrong road.
Morals and values deteriorated and so the unbelievable amount of laws
regulations we live with now. Just my experiences.
If everyones memory was erased today and they woke up tomorrow,
they would think , hey this is pretty good. Fouties, fifities and early sixties
were the best and most free times to live, imho.
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I understand these are your opinions, but realize, they are opinions. Crime rates, particularly against children have dropped for decades, so the playing outside thing doesn't hold water. More media now, so you hear about it. Tax rates were higher. Life expectancy dramatically higher now. I am not even going to go into the race/gender based equality because it is so far beyond any argument. Just because you didn't hear of bio-testing doesn't mean it didn't exist. So it looks like fingerprinting for bb gun purchase is about the only thing? I'm not even sure that is based on fact, but maybe where you live it is. Again, so much of the fuss these days is based on perception, rather than reality.
One last thing... your perception of the 40's and 50's is most likely the perception of a child. It is hard to compare experiences from childhood to what is happening later in life.