Not really. In the 1960s, most Americans shared common values about the importance of liberty, the rule of law and the Constitution. Most high school graduates had at least a basic understanding of American history, the founding documents, and the major events in our past.
Most Americans were proud to be American, and the communist far left was the lunatic fringe.
Now we live in a legally mandated "diverse" society in which all cultures are equally beautiful except American culture, which is routinely trashed as our nation is vilified in our public schools, universities, the media and our politicians.
We have a president and an attorney general who are outright anti-American leftists, as are far too many congressional reps and senators.
Most Americans have no understanding of American history, and far too many don't even know who we fought against in the American revolution.
Our founders are dismissed as archaic dead white slaveholders who have little wisdom to offer our "modern" society.
Our nation is staggering under unpayable debt, which our politicians believe is the path to our economic salvation, while our credit rating is pretty much trashed.
We are the laughing stock of the world and our enemies no longer fear or respect us, and our long-standing allies no longer trust us -- with good reason.
I could go on, but I'm getting too depressed.
Spot on. Slipping and falling is a minor thing if you’re 18, it can be fatal if you’re 90. America is weak. Little events can have much bigger consequences.
“Most Americans were proud to be American, and the communist far left was the lunatic fringe. “
The communists were much more prevalent than a lunatic fringe. We were only taught about the communists in Russia, not the ones in the US.