I was a kid during WWII and even though only 12, I remember the hand-wringing about us going back into the Depression now that the war was over. What those Cassandras forgot was that people had made good money, couldn’t spend it, and had pent-up demands. Economy took off like a rocket.
Similar to obama’s misrule. Companies feared to invest in that anti-business environment, and had pent-up requirements. Once he was out and President Trump’s tax cuts were implemented, it is Katy Bar The Door.
Oh yeah, those same Weeping Willies were also predicting a murder wave “when all those kill-crazy veterans return and can’t turn off their rage”. Big Flop as those guys just wanted to recover four lost years, get a job, raise a family and live a peaceful life. Then in the ‘50s they were sneered at as the “quiet” (as in blah) generation.
It didn't fly then, because *everybody* knew somebody who'd been overseas, and knew they were just normal folks - who had been in a bad situation, maybe, but still just normal folks.
It flew after Vietnam because the draft was by no means so extensive and was full of exceptions (for college students particularly) so it was easier to scorn the "other" as "babykillers" and "psychos" because so many people didn't know any of them.
But the news media was all in on both occasions.