Fifty years ago was 1963. By the time the dude was becoming politically aware, the transition from then to now was well under way ...
My thoughts as well. (I’m 67)
That dude is lying about his age.
I agree! I am 43 and the tv shows were not The Donna Reed Show....Repeats occasionally (not during prime time for sure). This guy must be smoking so heavy duty stuff.
Fifty years ago a dude was a “city slicker” wearing a cowboy hat.Today it seems to be used to sound hip or flippant.
Fifty years ago a dude was a “city slicker” wearing a cowboy hat.Today it seems to be used to sound hip or flippant.
What does the age at which the author may have become politically aware have to do with anything? Just because a child may not have been cognizant of certain political realities back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. That’s why the word REFLECTIONS is used in the title. It’s written by the adult that the child grew up to be.
You are right about that.
I am around this age. When I was a kid I had Liberals, the Media, and various people in the school system telling me that the Age of America was OVER because we had to evacuate the embassy in Saigon and now the world’s peoples were rising up against our colonialism and capitalist oppression in places like Iran. The future was going to be one of Kumbaya Global Socialism.
Of course I quickly figured out that was all B.S. Most of us did (the main notable exception being Barack Hussein Obama).