Hard to imagine people living normal lives under those conditions.
that would depend on your definition of normal.
keep in mind, the left has been in control of those areas for decades.
they despise the 1950’s stereotypical America... and will attack it at every turn. don’t think so? play a quick game. picture something that would have been typical in America circa 1955... then ask yourself if the left has done anything to undermine, ridicule, or vilify it during the last 50 years.