1950 vs. 2020

[gipper]

So let me boil it down. In 1950, life was pretty good if you were a straight white male. In some cases not great but still largely good. White women were considered second class citizens and subservient. People of color of both sexes were considered to be beneath notice. God help you if anyone ever found out you were gay, trans or anything else. You wouldn't be worthy of recognition as even human. Older baby boomers like wrapping themselves in this blanket nostalgia with an image of white children playing in a yard surrounded by a white picket fence and the American flag flapping gently in the background while Dad sips his coffee and Mom is confined to the kitchen baking and cleaning. But like all nostalgia, that ain't the way it was for a lot of people. If you think unequal treatment under the law is an issue now, you should have heard my grandfather talking about raising a family in St Louis in the middle of WW2 and beyond. And television? A whitewashed, scrubbed down version of milquetoast bland that glossed over history, was overtly racist and sexist, and pandered to a select group of white people to get them to buy into the America that politicians wanted to see after soldiers came home from war.

Dispute any of the points made in the OP, or STFU!

 

[Dalia]

Everything was better in the 50s because today everything is a question of profit and everything is no longer of quality as in the 50s. It was a deterioration from year to year.

 

[JGalt]

Life Expectancy 1950 69
Life Expectancy 2020. 78

Do you really want to live through another four years of President Donald J. Trump?

I'm just sayin'.

 

[Dalia]

Life Expectancy 1950 69
Life Expectancy 2020. 78

Yes, but in what state of health?

 

[JGalt]

Life Expectancy 1950 69
Life Expectancy 2020. 78

Yes, but in what state of health?

People were actually healthier back then. They worked from sunup to sundown, and didn't eat at McDonald's and Burger King. There was nowhere near the amount of diabetes, high blood pressures, and cancer that we have now.

We've just come up with more ways to prolong people's misery.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Oh the horror you had to read a newspaper and books to research and gain knowledge

In the year 2020 I have access to the entirety of humanity's collective knowledge with a few clicks of my mouse. The rate at which information and communication moves today is not even comparable. It's night and day. Information was a lot less readily available in 1950. The entire world was crawling by comparison.

It's called cherry picking, when all you had to read was a newspaper most people read all of it.

That's why people today are so dumb and ignorant

 

[Confounding]

It's called cherry picking, when all you had to read was a newspaper most people read all of it.

That's why people today are so dumb and ignorant

The internet is by far the most powerful and game changing thing we've invented so far.

 

[candycorn]

"The future ain't what it used to be"

Picking the compare/contrast points is cheap. But you're not wrong about what you pointed out.

 

[BrokeLoser]

1950 America was a great time if you were a white, male, straight, Christian.

You were entitled to all the best job opportunities, highest wages, access to the best services.

Others were expected to......know your place

You mean just the way our founders intended?
They knew that a whiter nation was a safer, likeminded more productive nation...How did they know that with no data and how do you not know that with the plethora of data you have?
Scared of those pesky facts...huh?

 

[rightwinger]

1950 America was a great time if you were a white, male, straight, Christian.

You were entitled to all the best job opportunities, highest wages, access to the best services.

Others were expected to......know your place

You mean just the way our founders intended?
They knew that a whiter nation was a safer, likeminded more productive nation...How did they know that with no data and how do you not know that with the plethora of data you have?
Scared of those pesky facts...huh?

Yup

History has shown our founders did not always get it right.
The ones who insisted that ....All men are created equal.

But we still have closet racists such as yourself to show how far we have come

 

[rightwinger]

Life Expectancy 1950 69
Life Expectancy 2020. 78

Yes, but in what state of health?

People were actually healthier back then. They worked from sunup to sundown, and didn't eat at McDonald's and Burger King. There was nowhere near the amount of diabetes, high blood pressures, and cancer that we have now.

We've just come up with more ways to prolong people's misery.

50 percent of adults in 1950 smoked cigarettes

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

I’ll take 1950 any day. I know...I know...that automatically makes me a racist, sexist, and homophobic by the dim witted. Oh well, I’ll risk it.

America 1950 vs. America 2020
In 1950, Texaco Star Theatre, The Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy were some of the most popular shows that Americans watched on television.

In 2020, a Netflix film entitled “Cuties” is so trashy and so disgusting that four states have sent a letter to Netflix asking for it to be removed because it is “fodder for those with criminal imaginations, serving to normalize the view that children are sexual beings.”

In 1950, television networks would not even show husbands and wives in bed together.

In 2020, “adult websites” get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined.

In 1950, people would greet one another as they walked down the street.

In 2020, Americans are too enamored with their cellphones to be bothered with actual human contact.

In 1950, gum chewing and talking in class were some of the major disciplinary problems in our schools.

In 2020, kids are literally gunning down police officers in the streets.

In 1950, people would make an effort to dress up and look nice when they would go out in public.

In 2020, most of the population has become utter slobs and “People of Walmart” has become one of our most popular memes.

In 1950, the typical woman got married for the first time at age 20 and the typical man got married for the first time at age 22.

In 2020, the typical woman gets married for the first time at age 27 and the typical man gets married for the first time at age 29.

In 1950, a lot of people would leave their homes and their vehicles unlocked because crime rates were so low.

In 2020, many that live in urban areas are deathly afraid of all the civil unrest that has erupted, and gun sales have soared to all-time record highs.

In 1950, Americans actually attempted to parent their children.

In 2020, we pump our kids full of mind-altering drugs and we let our televisions and our video games raise our children.

In 1950, Baltimore was one of the most beautiful and most prosperous cities on the entire planet.

In 2020, Baltimore regularly makes headlines because of all the murders that are constantly occurring. Of course the exact same thing could be said about many of our other major cities.

In 1950, 78 percent of all households in America contained a married couple.

In 2020, that figure has fallen below 50 percent.

In 1950, about 5 percent of all babies in the United States were born to unmarried parents.

In 2020, about 40 percent of all babies in the United States will be born to unmarried parents.

In 1950, new churches were regularly being opened all over the United States.

In 2020, it is being projected that 1 out of every 5 churches in the U.S. “could be forced to shut their doors in the next 18 months”, and the mayor of Lubbock, Texas just said that opening a new Planned Parenthood clinic is like starting a church.

In 1950, we actually had high standards for our elected officials, and people actually did research on the candidates before they cast their votes.

In 2020, more than 4,000 people in one county in New Hampshire voted for a “transsexual Satanic anarchist” in the Republican primary, and she is now the Republican nominee for sheriff in Cheshire County.

In 1950, children would go outside and play when they got home from school.

In 2020, our parks and our playgrounds are virtually empty and we have the highest childhood obesity rate in the industrialized world.

In 1950, front porches were community gathering areas, and people would regularly have their neighbors over for dinner.

In 2020, many of us don’t know our neighbors at all, and the average American watches more than five hours of television a day.

In 1950, Americans used words such as “knucklehead”, “moxie” and “jalopy”.

In 2020, new terms such as “nomophobia”, “peoplekind” and “social distancing” have been introduced into the English language.

In 1950, the very first credit card was issued in the United States.

In 2020, Americans owe more than 930 billion dollars on their credit cards.

In 1950, one income could support an entire middle class household.

In 2020, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment, and more than half of all households in some of our largest cities are currently facing “serious financial problems”.

In 1950, the American people believed that the free market should govern the economy.

In 2020, most Americans seem to believe that the government in Washington and the Federal Reserve must endlessly “manage” the economy.

In 1950, “socialists” and “communists” were considered to be our greatest national enemies.

In 2020, most of our politicians in Washington have eagerly embraced socialist and communist policy goals.

In 1950, the U.S. Constitution was deeply loved and highly revered.

In 2020, anyone that actually admits to being a “constitutionalist” is considered to be a potential domestic terrorist.

In 1950, the United States loaned more money to the rest of the world than anybody else.

In 2020, the United States owes more money to the rest of the world than anybody else.

In 1950, the total U.S. national debt reached the 257 billion dollar mark for the first time in our history.

In 2020, we added 864 billion dollars to the national debt in the month of June alone. In other words, we added over three times more to the national debt in that one month than the total amount of debt that had been accumulated from the founding of our nation all the way to 1950.

In 1950, most Americans were generally happy with their lives.

In 2020, the suicide rate is at an all-time record high, and it has been rising every single year since 2007.
America 1950 vs. America 2020

No, it doesn't make you racist...it just makes you more than likely, white...

it also means all that all of your whining about tax rates was bullshit -- since tax rates were far more higher in the 50's

 

[BrokeLoser]

1950 America was a great time if you were a white, male, straight, Christian.

You were entitled to all the best job opportunities, highest wages, access to the best services.

Others were expected to......know your place

You mean just the way our founders intended?
They knew that a whiter nation was a safer, likeminded more productive nation...How did they know that with no data and how do you not know that with the plethora of data you have?
Scared of those pesky facts...huh?

Yup

History has shown our founders did not always get it right.
The ones who insisted that ....All men are created equal.

But we still have closet racists such as yourself to show how far we have come

Hold on, expand on that. How did they have it wrong?
Are you saying that a whiter America isn’t a safer, likeminded, more united, more productive America?
Have you ever set your FEELZ aside and looked at the data?
I know you are like most and scared shitless to admit the obvious aloud in public but can you admit it to yourself?

 

[rightwinger]

Life Expectancy 1950 69
Life Expectancy 2020. 78

Yes, but in what state of health?

Medical care is significantly more advanced.
Heart surgery back then meant cracking your chest open and a high risk of death.
Today, they do most surgeries through an artery in your leg.

 

[rightwinger]

1950 America was a great time if you were a white, male, straight, Christian.

You were entitled to all the best job opportunities, highest wages, access to the best services.

Others were expected to......know your place

You mean just the way our founders intended?
They knew that a whiter nation was a safer, likeminded more productive nation...How did they know that with no data and how do you not know that with the plethora of data you have?
Scared of those pesky facts...huh?

Yup

History has shown our founders did not always get it right.
The ones who insisted that ....All men are created equal.

But we still have closet racists such as yourself to show how far we have come

Hold on, expand on that. How did they have it wrong?
Are you saying that a whiter America isn’t a safer, likeminded, more united, more productive America?
Have you ever set your FEELZ aside and looked at the data?
I know you are like most and scared shitless to admit the obvious aloud in public but can you admit it to yourself?

Sorry pal

Not playing with racists today

 

[BrokeLoser]

1950 America was a great time if you were a white, male, straight, Christian.

You were entitled to all the best job opportunities, highest wages, access to the best services.

Others were expected to......know your place

You mean just the way our founders intended?
They knew that a whiter nation was a safer, likeminded more productive nation...How did they know that with no data and how do you not know that with the plethora of data you have?
Scared of those pesky facts...huh?

Yup

History has shown our founders did not always get it right.
The ones who insisted that ....All men are created equal.

But we still have closet racists such as yourself to show how far we have come

Hold on, expand on that. How did they have it wrong?
Are you saying that a whiter America isn’t a safer, likeminded, more united, more productive America?
Have you ever set your FEELZ aside and looked at the data?
I know you are like most and scared shitless to admit the obvious aloud in public but can you admit it to yourself?

Sorry pal

Not playing with racists today

The data isn’t “RACIST”...haha
Why are you so terrified of REALISTS...you know, those with the courage to discuss facts away from FEELZ?
You’re just plain fucking strange.

 

[Desperado]

Life Expectancy 1950 69
Life Expectancy 2020. 78

Do you really want to live through another four years of President Donald J. Trump?

I'm just sayin'.

Yes it is far better than President Harris I mean President Biden

 

[BrokeLoser]

I’ll take 1950 any day. I know...I know...that automatically makes me a racist, sexist, and homophobic by the dim witted. Oh well, I’ll risk it.

America 1950 vs. America 2020
In 1950, Texaco Star Theatre, The Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy were some of the most popular shows that Americans watched on television.

In 2020, a Netflix film entitled “Cuties” is so trashy and so disgusting that four states have sent a letter to Netflix asking for it to be removed because it is “fodder for those with criminal imaginations, serving to normalize the view that children are sexual beings.”

In 1950, television networks would not even show husbands and wives in bed together.

In 2020, “adult websites” get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined.

In 1950, people would greet one another as they walked down the street.

In 2020, Americans are too enamored with their cellphones to be bothered with actual human contact.

In 1950, gum chewing and talking in class were some of the major disciplinary problems in our schools.

In 2020, kids are literally gunning down police officers in the streets.

In 1950, people would make an effort to dress up and look nice when they would go out in public.

In 2020, most of the population has become utter slobs and “People of Walmart” has become one of our most popular memes.

In 1950, the typical woman got married for the first time at age 20 and the typical man got married for the first time at age 22.

In 2020, the typical woman gets married for the first time at age 27 and the typical man gets married for the first time at age 29.

In 1950, a lot of people would leave their homes and their vehicles unlocked because crime rates were so low.

In 2020, many that live in urban areas are deathly afraid of all the civil unrest that has erupted, and gun sales have soared to all-time record highs.

In 1950, Americans actually attempted to parent their children.

In 2020, we pump our kids full of mind-altering drugs and we let our televisions and our video games raise our children.

In 1950, Baltimore was one of the most beautiful and most prosperous cities on the entire planet.

In 2020, Baltimore regularly makes headlines because of all the murders that are constantly occurring. Of course the exact same thing could be said about many of our other major cities.

In 1950, 78 percent of all households in America contained a married couple.

In 2020, that figure has fallen below 50 percent.

In 1950, about 5 percent of all babies in the United States were born to unmarried parents.

In 2020, about 40 percent of all babies in the United States will be born to unmarried parents.

In 1950, new churches were regularly being opened all over the United States.

In 2020, it is being projected that 1 out of every 5 churches in the U.S. “could be forced to shut their doors in the next 18 months”, and the mayor of Lubbock, Texas just said that opening a new Planned Parenthood clinic is like starting a church.

In 1950, we actually had high standards for our elected officials, and people actually did research on the candidates before they cast their votes.

In 2020, more than 4,000 people in one county in New Hampshire voted for a “transsexual Satanic anarchist” in the Republican primary, and she is now the Republican nominee for sheriff in Cheshire County.

In 1950, children would go outside and play when they got home from school.

In 2020, our parks and our playgrounds are virtually empty and we have the highest childhood obesity rate in the industrialized world.

In 1950, front porches were community gathering areas, and people would regularly have their neighbors over for dinner.

In 2020, many of us don’t know our neighbors at all, and the average American watches more than five hours of television a day.

In 1950, Americans used words such as “knucklehead”, “moxie” and “jalopy”.

In 2020, new terms such as “nomophobia”, “peoplekind” and “social distancing” have been introduced into the English language.

In 1950, the very first credit card was issued in the United States.

In 2020, Americans owe more than 930 billion dollars on their credit cards.

In 1950, one income could support an entire middle class household.

In 2020, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment, and more than half of all households in some of our largest cities are currently facing “serious financial problems”.

In 1950, the American people believed that the free market should govern the economy.

In 2020, most Americans seem to believe that the government in Washington and the Federal Reserve must endlessly “manage” the economy.

In 1950, “socialists” and “communists” were considered to be our greatest national enemies.

In 2020, most of our politicians in Washington have eagerly embraced socialist and communist policy goals.

In 1950, the U.S. Constitution was deeply loved and highly revered.

In 2020, anyone that actually admits to being a “constitutionalist” is considered to be a potential domestic terrorist.

In 1950, the United States loaned more money to the rest of the world than anybody else.

In 2020, the United States owes more money to the rest of the world than anybody else.

In 1950, the total U.S. national debt reached the 257 billion dollar mark for the first time in our history.

In 2020, we added 864 billion dollars to the national debt in the month of June alone. In other words, we added over three times more to the national debt in that one month than the total amount of debt that had been accumulated from the founding of our nation all the way to 1950.

In 1950, most Americans were generally happy with their lives.

In 2020, the suicide rate is at an all-time record high, and it has been rising every single year since 2007.
America 1950 vs. America 2020

1950 was far better than 2020.
I’ll be candid and concise, your beating around the bush bullshit is driving me fucking crazy.
Negroes were in check
No illegal wetbacks fucking shit up and distorting our culture
No ragheads
No faggots
No rug munchers
No chicks with dicks
No feminazi bulldikes
No national debt
No division
No politicians working harder for Mexico’s human cockroaches

This shit goes on and on

 

[rightwinger]

1950 America was a great time if you were a white, male, straight, Christian.

You were entitled to all the best job opportunities, highest wages, access to the best services.

Others were expected to......know your place

You mean just the way our founders intended?
They knew that a whiter nation was a safer, likeminded more productive nation...How did they know that with no data and how do you not know that with the plethora of data you have?
Scared of those pesky facts...huh?

Yup

History has shown our founders did not always get it right.
The ones who insisted that ....All men are created equal.

But we still have closet racists such as yourself to show how far we have come

Hold on, expand on that. How did they have it wrong?
Are you saying that a whiter America isn’t a safer, likeminded, more united, more productive America?
Have you ever set your FEELZ aside and looked at the data?
I know you are like most and scared shitless to admit the obvious aloud in public but can you admit it to yourself?

Sorry pal

Not playing with racists today

The data isn’t “RACIST”...haha
Why are you so terrified of REALISTS...you know, those with the courage to discuss facts away from FEELZ?
You’re just plain fucking strange.

Sorry, but still not playing with racist trolls today

 

[Dick Foster]

In 1950 a lobotomy was considered a cutting edge mental illness treatment. Oh, and no internet.

No thanks.

Of course, you need to watch your porn. I get it.

And he's in no big hurry to get that lobotomy.