“As a kid I enjoyed a fearless freedom unknown in today’s America.”
Amen. I born in 1947. We were a much freer country in the 50’s. For me it was the 60’s when we went off the rails. Now we live in a country where every aspect of our lives in regulated by government. No one to blame but ourselves. We as a people allowed the government to take over our lives.
Late 40s for me as well. My dad had been a Master Sgt in the army. Men knew how to work in that era. He worked in management of a commercial construction company and in 1950 built our own suburban house virtually with only one helper in each trade. Worked until 2:00 am for 16 months. Was the best suburb in KC.
The kids that grew up in FDR’s depression and the went out and kicked ass in a two front war were tough. He lived until he was 90 and would not have suffered what we have now.
In the 50s and 60s, nobody ever heard about “Regulatory Agencies” or “Regulators.”
The first regulators had a LOT of pollution to go after. I remember how stinky automobiles were back in the 50s before any smog controls were instituted.
But the regulatory bodies were disbanded when they cleaned up the bad primary pollutants - unburned hydrocarbons, sulfur, NOx, and particulates. Nope, they were satisfied and they had to keep their jobs at all costs, so they kept ratcheting down emission regulations to the point where they now control CO2 and are driving coal power to extinction.
A truer post was never made.