[ansel12]

As I've argued in much of my previous work, I think that the reforms of the 1960s jump-started the deterioration. Changes in social policy during the 1960s made it economically more feasible to have a child without having a husband if you were a woman or to get along without a job if you were a man; safer to commit crimes without suffering consequences; and easier to let the government deal with problems in your community that you and your neighbors formerly had to take care of.

American liberalism from both parties is always feeding and supporting our weaknesses, all of us know the big city welfare stuff, but when my parents retired and moved to the country, my step dad learned that his pond (and/or?) fencing for the cattle was subsidized by the government, as anti-welfare people we had a huge laugh, but he accepted the money nonetheless.

I was surprised to learn during the 1970s how corporations were seduced by government.

From ghetto, to farm, to the Corporate suite, they suck us in and buy us.

[3boysdad]

Lincoln set the stage.

[pacpam]

In 1972 a church was established to turn it’s congregations away from anything white. Seems to have done a bang up job.