there were also a number of things that were quite wrong but were just not addressed, to be fair.
no one says they want every aspect of the 1950s when they talk about the 1950s
stable families
solid common christian base
respect for the law
hatred of socialism and communism and other individual destroying isms
better work ethic
decrease of accepted perversions
death penalty for murder and violent crimes
no no-fault divorce undermining marriage - if you had real problems there were many fault reasons for divorce
no abortion on demand
having one parent around at home more was better for the family in general, when it could be done
Cherry picking to achieve a desired result. An accurate history of the 20th century will not be written until maybe 400 yrs in the future.
I think the suicide rate comparison 1950 to 2000 says it all.
Pray for christian revival.
It is the only thing that can turn it around. Both for the USA, and Canada.
Things were horrible in the 1950’s. There were no homeless on the streets for kids to interact with, so how was a kid to learn how good he had it living with a roof over their head? There were very few TVs and only a few channels, so kids played outside and in parks, and got too much exercise and got bruises because they didn’t have layers of fat. Most homes had single wage-earners so Mom was always around to interact with their kids, and force them to follow rules and social norms. Teachers actually expected kids to listen and learn, and kids were punished for disobeying. There was little free stuff from government, you were forced to earn it.
Yeah, so horrible! (I wish things were like the 1950’s.)
The article almost made me cry. My husband and I grew up in the 50’s and we often say to each other how we yearn to be back in that time. It has been unbelievable to watch the deterioration of our country which has totally lost its moral compass.
In nearly every category except technology, consumer electronics (and war if you were fighting in Korea), 1950 beats 2020. But what can you do? We’re given the time we’re given. We can’t live in any other time period than now. Just make the best of it.
I remember the movie “Pleaantville” (1998) made sneering fun of all of that.
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People didn’t have the internet to let them know the government was out of control. No internet, no information,no worries.
An era of much less technology, much less prosperity, but much, much more personal freedom.
As kids in that era we actually did something rarely seen today - it was called “PLAYING OUTSIDE”.
Free range with no supervision, no helicopter moms, no bicycle helmets, no punishment for pointing pretend finger guns at each other...
Depends. I wouldn’t want to re-fight the Korean War.
The article is drivel that is meaningless
The rest of the world esd destroyed. Today we are dealing with a resurgent world that has transcended toe destruction
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No thanks. There were plenty of things wrong in the 1950s and you can start with the treatment of blacks and women. What would be nice is the return of civics to our educational system.
It was awful back in the 1950s because there was still slavery back then. My history teacher told me that.
My parents were kids in the 1950s. They often say the best years ever were the late ‘50s, early ‘60s. Aside from polio and air raid drills. When I shop with Mom and we hear an oldie, she’ll usually comment. 1960, good year, sorry you missed it.
I do know the music was wonderful, and the movies, and Broadway. The folks passed down what they could. But I understand the atmosphere, the outlook, must be lived and I only have a living sense of our current era. It’s often stifling, discouraging. People my age seem illiterate, intolerant, rude, slovenly, and there’s little warmth or fellowship. If it wasn’t that way in 1950, I’m sorry I missed it.
Well I wouldn’t want to be a US military soldier in Korea in the ‘50s...
Like anything, it depends on where you were.
I grew up in the 1950s, in Southern California; we lived a mile from the beach. Back then there was still a lot of open space; bean fields, canyons, scrub brush, etc. We hunted jackrabbits, caught countless lizards in the fields, tadpoles and frogs too numerous to count; we played hide-and-go-seek, statue maker, capture the flag, and in the summer we were outside from dawn to dark. We’d chase after the Helms Bakery truck in hopes of getting a free donut, and we tried the same with the Good Humor truck for an ice cream, but without success (the old geezer who drove the truck would pop out a dime from the coin changer on his belt and hold it up to us, saying “One thin dime, one-tenth of a dollar, and it’s yours!”). We were Boomers, and there were kids EVERYWHERE!
I loved it.