[wtc911]

The 80's were the beginning of the end as far as the innocence in society, the decade of Addictive Spending that never stopped...

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November 22, 1963 was the beginning of the end of American societal innocence.

[beyond the sea]

November 22, 1963 was the beginning of the end of American societal innocence.

That is a FACT.........., then 1968 (twice) was the stake in the heart. Everyone with a brain smelled something terribly cancerous in the government. Decency was alway in question after that.

[MoochPooch]

The 80's were the beginning of the end as far as the innocence in society, the decade of Addictive Spending that never stopped...

The early 80s palpably marked a cultural decline. After '82 I noticed the films & music just weren't that good. People complain about Hollywood now, but I had been watching it for a long time.

It's no coincidence that AIDS began around then.

P.S. I was a later Boomer. More boho than hippie. Thankfully outgrew it. Now I hate liberals for all the ways in which they screwed up so many lives.

[MoochPooch]

I meant to say:

The cultural decline tied in with the erosion of innocence that began in the 80s. There was a spiritual energy behind the earlier culture, a belief in something bigger tied in with a moral voice. With cynicism comes decadence.