“everybody who was alive during the 1970s can agree on”
Wow! What a conceited jerk. First, age in the 70s makes a difference. I was in my late 20s, early 30s. My experience was different from teens in that decade. And teens’ experience was different from grammar school kids.
Income, religion, geography were different. Many could not afford cars, phones, or TVs, etc. Their experience was different from those who had “modern” appliances.
Many chose to not have modern appliances.
Nixon-Ford-Carter was in upheaval. Some were wedded to the past. Others chose different directions for the future.
There was no “everybody”.
“”””Many could not afford cars, phones, or TVs, etc.””””
I sure didn’t see much of that when I was selling encyclopedias door to door in black areas and my first question was, do you have a phone, and everyone had a TV.
“What a conceited jerk.”
“There was no ‘everybody’.”
I’m CERTAIN that wasn’t meant to taken literally.