Posted on 04/06/2016 9:00:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
We are boiling in the pot and do not even know it, by and large.
There’s NO comparison between the 1950s & now. The United States was at the height of its cultural & economic power in the 50s. The USA of today, and for that matter ALL the Western nations; are collapsing. It’s not a simple matter of cell phones & micro-brews....it’s a matter of survival.
Though Eisenhower was actually an overrated President who sabotaged a true conservative, Robert Taft, he was leagues better than the Communist child copulators we have to deal with today.
In 1956, you could buy a nice ranch house in the suburbs of Pittsburgh for $12,500.
Face it. America has entered a post Christian neo pagan era of epicurean decadence. The vile Obama was not elected and reelected in a social or cultural vacuum. Drug use, abortion, pornography, sexual perversion are now not only the norm but are celebrated.
It’s scary when I go to a country like South Korea and feel more at home there and feel it’s more like the values I grew up with than the present United States.
In Southern California it was about half of that.
Well... we have more air conditioning now. But from my view from a kindergarten desk the USA looked better then in many ways.
I like Ike.
Idealistic and nostalgic.
Grew up in the 50s and 60s. Have no desire to go back. Family issues and hard times.
In 1956, there was an ebullient future. Enough said.
I never felt that I was in danger walking down a Korean street no matter what time of day or night it was and Korea was much poorer when I was there.
Those are your personal issues....has nothing to do with the collapse of Western culture, though I understand the past can often hold painful issues.
He also nominated Earl Warren and instituted the largest public works project in the country’s history. (At least he repudiated his decision on Warren.)
And how long would an average worker have had to work in order to save that much money?
Regards,
....and his parents investigated for child abuse by CPS.
I have no internet source proof for this, but SAT scores for College admission reached a peak in 1962. The testing parameters changed greatly, in 1974 I think, so comparisons are difficult. I don’t know if they have ever reached those levels since.
Deprived I wuz.
Yep.
Price that house in ounces of gold or silver and the truth will be revealed.
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