Naw, I liked the 80s much better. Even if you had little, it was still a lot of fun and everything was so much better then. Food, coffee, clothes, rent, malls, music, perfume. EVERYTHING was better.
Funny that the right-wingers who get so nostalgic about the 50s never mention how workers were more unionized, real wages were significantly higher, and the rich paid way more in taxes.
I would argue that not even white men were at large happy.
Mental health care was non-existent, self medicating (drinking/drugs) was the norm, & abuse, both physical & and emotional, was encouraged & perpetuated generationally. Trauma from war & burnout were ignored. Suicide was/is rampant.
The only white men who were truly happy were the wealthy class. It just so happens that white men were allowed to reach those levels of wealth. Let's be real, though. Most of them inherited that wealth & status.
this is one of the more surprising things i learned about american history within the last couple of years. It's something i never thought about, but credit cards coming out three decades after the 19th amendment shows that one fundamental doesn't guarantee any others.
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He is brilliant.
The Tangerine Tyrant and his Cosplay Country Boy ass wiper.
https://youtu.be/BBrHqVKNC-c?si=v7lMWCpl6WP_60Q0
Mental health care was non-existent, self medicating (drinking/drugs) was the norm, & abuse, both physical & and emotional, was encouraged & perpetuated generationally. Trauma from war & burnout were ignored. Suicide was/is rampant.