By any measure, between 1900 and 1950 life became far more comfortable, far richer, far safer, and far more optimistic than at any similar period in the previous 2000 years. Since 1950 personal freedom and personal opportunities have decreased at a geometric rate.
We didn’t have police at school doors and hallways...We had respect for our teachers...We said the Pledge of Allegiance to Flag every morning...We didn’t have to go through metal detectors to go to school, sports events, government buildings...We didn’t get “patted down” when at the airport to catch a flight...We didn’t have shootings going on all the time...We could go to a drive-in movie and make out and not have to worry about getting hassled...We could go to a theatre and watch a movie without worrying about some idiot shooting up the place...
Yeah...Life WAS better then...