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Originally Posted by The Demon
Except Republicans were a joke back then and classical liberalism still existed. America was the greatest superpower in history, both militarily and economically as we reached our economic peak. People were a lot more intelligent and civil, there was less dirty bullshit like porn and drugs going on.. Yea dude, totally a Republican's wet dream. Open a book.
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More intelligent and civil? With less education and legal beatings of wifes? Or maybe the mob/gangs starting in the late 1800's, and the 30's-40's the power was unquestionable, and still today they are here. Just so you understand crime isn't anything new.
They had porn and drugs in the 50's. Porn is far from anything new - it has been here throughout History, well before America was founded. Hitler was on drugs. Our military experimented with drugs. PCP, aka Angel Dust was created in the 50's. LSD was being used in the 40's. Heroine was considered a morphine in 1874, it was being abused before that.
They also had extreme segregation and racism, 50% of blacks lived below the poverty line. Women were obligated to be the housewife and often were not allowed better education. Beating a wife was not a crime. A husband raping the wife was not a crime. Children had no voice of any kind. Work conditions were extreme for even the white man, forget the conditions of a migrate or colored workers. Shit this doesn't even scratch the surface.
Anyone that thinks the 50's was a better life, better gov with the extreme higher taxes they had, the gov grew from spending our money to build shit they controlled, nothing was anymore stable than today.. Good lord, thinking this just means you're completely out of touch with history.