On the other hand, my dad graduated high school in 1932 right into the teeth of the Great Depression. By the time that was ending, World War II came along and he found himself in the Army Air Force. He was in his mid 30s when he experienced ‘normal’ times for the first time in his adult life. That generation somehow managed to do all right for themselves.
Wonder who is keeping this internet thing y’all are squawking on operational..??
and without a therapy dog to boot.
Just sayin’
The Greatest Generation-
“That generation somehow managed to do all right for themselves.”
Horsehiite-
Their crooked parents voted for an EFFIN COMMUNIST for President 4 times!
The “Greatest”s that come home, physically and mentally intact, had the world by the ballllls.
They started in a world where the US was the only thing standing.
Beautiful women from around the world would marry you, and put up with all kinds of garbage even if you were an otherwise worthless slug just to get here.
Minorities and women were pushed aside in the workplace just for you.
GI Bill gave you free college.
VA mortgage essentially gave you, a nearly free house.
Industrial Union jobs with pensions.
Taxes were nearly ZERO for the average working man (one income was enough).
Everything was being built, NEW everywhere, not the rundown crapola that is there today.
NYC was safe-
California was truly the Golden State.
This list could go on and on.
It was golden if you were a white, healthy, male veteran with just a little built of drive.
Black? Screw you.
Women? Hubby could beat you and his Vet buddies on the force would let it go.
Mental health impaired from the war? Plenty of Nut Houses to lock you up in.
Could start an essential business with a dollar and a dream. Now that’s just the Lottery slogan.
Go ahead, Flame away.
You had your turn, raised a bunch of the original spoiled brats (Boomers), and very nearly wrecked the hole thing.
NEVER FORGET IT.
Don’t worry, we’ll fix it, you just remember to say “Thank You”.
That generation enjoyed the American Heyday. As has been pointed out here, when the dust settled and the smoke cleared from the Second World War, the United States was the only western power standing. Anybody in the world who wanted anything had to buy it from us. And while our former enemies and our allies spent a generation rebuilding their countries and their economies, the United States middle class exploded in size; the economy of that time was ONLY going to go up.