by Castille de Italia » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:41 pm
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by Libertarian California » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:44 pm
by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:45 pm
by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:45 pm
Wilgrove wrote:1950 in America was great...as long as you were white, male, christian and you were middle class or higher.
It pretty much sucked for everyone else.
by Saint Kitten » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:46 pm
Wilgrove wrote:1950 in America was great...as long as you were white, male, christian and you were middle class or higher.
It pretty much sucked for everyone else.
by Siaos » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:47 pm
Castille de Italia wrote:So NSG, I got to do some of that dangerous late-night thinking, and I thought about what it would be like to live in the 1950s, a time portrayed as somewhat of a Golden Age in American history. The time of sock hops and pink carnations, the 1950s economically and somewhat socially a prosperous time for America, after victories over Nazism and Imperial Japan, emerging out of the Great Depression as a world superpower.
The 1950s are generally portrayed as peaceful, carefree, and wonderful time in the media, when most everyone lived by the same ethics and standards. I personally do not think of the 1950s America as a Utopia, going by exact definition, given the social policies of the US and the looming threat of a nuclear war, but I'm curious to see NSG's opinion.
So, what is it? A Utopia, or just a period of prosperity in American history?
Zottistan wrote:Like voltage, the only practical way to measure freedom is relatively speaking.
Absolute freedom would be a terrible, terrible thing.
by Dakini » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:48 pm
by Saint Kitten » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:49 pm
Dakini wrote:lol. Maybe if you're white, male and at least middle-class.
And if you like hiding under your desk pretending that this will protect you from a nuclear bomb.
by Saiwania » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:49 pm
by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:49 pm
Saiwania wrote:I would have loved the 50's, back when a college degree actually had worth because relatively few people went to college or needed a degree for decent waged jobs.
by Libertarian California » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:50 pm
Saiwania wrote:I would have loved the 50's, back when a college degree actually had worth because relatively few people went to college or needed a degree for decent waged jobs.
by Siaos » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:51 pm
Wilgrove wrote:1950 in America was great...as long as you were white, male, christian and you were middle class or higher.
It pretty much sucked for everyone else.
Zottistan wrote:Like voltage, the only practical way to measure freedom is relatively speaking.
Absolute freedom would be a terrible, terrible thing.
by Personal Defense Force » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:51 pm
by Wilgrove » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:51 pm
by Vicswampia » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:53 pm
Saiwania wrote:I would have loved the 50's, back when a college degree actually had worth because relatively few people went to college or needed a degree for decent waged jobs.
by Saint Kitten » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:53 pm
by New haven america » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:53 pm
by Libertarian California » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:55 pm
by The Parkus Empire » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:55 pm
by Cannot think of a name » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:56 pm
by Castille de Italia » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:56 pm
Libertarian California wrote:The 1950s produced some the coolest looking cars, sexiest clothes, and greatest music.
At least in my opinion.
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