[Dr. Sivana]

anyone who would publish innovative work in the conformist mid-'50s

I am so sick of seeing that expression, especially by those who are comfortable with DEI/Woke enforcement. The '50s were less "conformist" than the '40s and '30s. The non-conformism of the 20s were largely reserved to the upper and academic classes.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Conformist 50s? Ask Maynard G. Krebs

[dangus]

Civil rights, rock and roll, hot rods, TV satire, women in the workplace, soaring productivity... America wasn’t conformist, just not bitterly angry about everything. I’d argue that it was the second least conformist decade in the last century.

[Freedom4US]

In 1952 the spook agencies were conducting chemical warfare experiments on prisoners, military, and unsuspecting civilians. 2 subjects were kept tripping on acid for 77 straight days. Sleep deprivation was part of it, when they tried to go to sleep they were awakened with a cattle prod. Doesn’t sound very conformist to me.