1950 vs. 2020

[Coyote]

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

Wrong. It was a great time for every American. You’re just too dim witted to know.

Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States

A shameful part of America’s history.

www.pbs.org

Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations – immigrants, people of color, poor people, unmarried mothers, the disabled, the mentally ill – federally-funded sterilization programs took place in 32 states throughout the 20th century. Driven by prejudiced notions of science and social control, these programs informed policies on immigration and segregation.​

Human experiments, on black men.

Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee and Macon County, AL - Timeline - CDC - OS

Tuskegee Syphilis Study Timeline

www.cdc.gov

Blacklists, persecution, snitches, compulsory loyalty oaths...McCarthy

Polio was an epidemic around the world.

Wiping Out Polio: How The U.S. Snuffed Out A Killer

During the early 20th century, polio killed thousands of American children each summer and paralyzed many more. Now, as the world fights to eradicate the virus globally, we look back at the development of the polio vaccine and its successful deployment around the world.

www.npr.org

Norman Rockwell, a gifted recorder of American life...painted a pristine American landscape in the 40's and 50's...



He had not yet painted these...





I don't believe in Golden Ages.

 

[MarathonMike]

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

Clearly systemic racism was prevalent in 1950. But opportunities were always there for Black people willing to work hard as millions were able to "move on up" to a higher standard of living.

 

[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

Clearly systemic racism was prevalent in 1950. But opportunities were always there for Black people willing to work hard as millions were able to "move on up" to a higher standard of living.

There were plenty of menial jobs available to blacks in postwar America. Opportunities for advancement were slim and blacks still needed to......know their place

 

[Coyote]

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

Clearly systemic racism was prevalent in 1950. But opportunities were always there for Black people willing to work hard as millions were able to "move on up" to a higher standard of living.

That is highly debatable.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

If Michael Keaton was a black kid.......Back To The Future would have been 10 minutes long....

 

[Dalia]

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.

Yes, I wasn’t born in the '50s so I didn’t live in his time but you just have to see the movies, the cars and everything to understand that everything was solid and it seemed good to live in those days.

what do you base people being healthier in the 50's on??

Any data to support that??

Like a life expectancy chart?

View attachment 389376

Yes, medicine was not as advanced as today. not everything was perfect either but in my opinion it was better than today because today it is a world that turned cuckoo

 

[gipper]

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

Please don’t post in my thread. We have nothing in common.

Translation:
“Please say what I want to hear the way I want to hear it or don’t say anything at all.
That un-sugarcoated raw truth stuff scares the living
shit out of my nutless ass.”

Your post has nothing in common with mine. You are a racist, sexist , homophobe and I’m not. So, take your KKK shit and stuff up your ass.

 

[Coyote]

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.

Yes, I wasn’t born in the '50s so I didn’t live in his time but you just have to see the movies, the cars and everything to understand that everything was solid and it seemed good to live in those days.

what do you base people being healthier in the 50's on??

Any data to support that??

Like a life expectancy chart?

View attachment 389376

Yes, medicine was not as advanced as today. not everything was perfect either but in my opinion it was better than today because today it is a world that turned cuckoo

An era that saw forced sterilizations, human experimentation without consent, no birth control, legally mandated segregation...would probably on look better to those who did not live it. or RWNJ's.

 

[gipper]

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

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Secondly, you have me confused with someone else. I prefer the tax rates of 1950 and have never complained about tax rates, dick lips.

So when Trump said that economically -- blacks are doing better than they have ever done in the history of the US -- you know that is a lie...correct??

and here is another reason I have zero respect for folks who talk this dumb shit.....

You dumb asses cry oppression and marxism over the slightest thing -- wearing a mask to go into a Walmart -- Starbucks putting Happy Holidays on their cups, goofy shit...

But you same muthafuckas will tell black folks in the 50's that they should shut up about REAL OPPRESSION because in your mind, you think they did better economically....

View attachment 389374

First and foremost, fuck off.

I merely agree with the columnist. In many ways 1950 America was a better nation than 2020 America, fuck face. This in no way means EVERYTHING was better in 1950. Are you intelligent enough to comprehend the nuance?

Do you think EVERYTHING is great in 2020?

I knew dimwits like you would rear your ugly head, when I posted the OP.

 

[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

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Secondly, you have me confused with someone else. I prefer the tax rates of 1950 and have never complained about tax rates, dick lips.

So when Trump said that economically -- blacks are doing better than they have ever done in the history of the US -- you know that is a lie...correct??

and here is another reason I have zero respect for folks who talk this dumb shit.....

You dumb asses cry oppression and marxism over the slightest thing -- wearing a mask to go into a Walmart -- Starbucks putting Happy Holidays on their cups, goofy shit...

But you same muthafuckas will tell black folks in the 50's that they should shut up about REAL OPPRESSION because in your mind, you think they did better economically....

View attachment 389374

First and foremost, fuck off.

I merely agree with the columnist. In many ways 1950 America was a better nation than 2020 America, fuck face. This is no way means EVERYTHING was better in 1950. Are you intelligent enough to comprehend the nuance?

Do you think EVERYTHING is great in 2020?

I knew dimwits like you would rear your ugly head, when I posted the OP.

I don't give a fuck about your fragile ass feelings...

you were off on your insulated white aggreivement nostalgia kick -- and got pissed off when reality poked holes in your wet dream..fuk what you whining about....

 

[gipper]

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Economically, blacks may have had more opportunities in the 1950s than today. Low skilled manufacturing jobs were in abundance. However, advancement beyond menial labor was generally not available to blacks.
There were few blacks in management and no blacks were allowed to supervise white workers. There were no blacks in mid or upper management.

To claim blacks had it better societally in the 1950s shows outright ignorance. In most of America they were treated as second class citizens and were restricted from public access

No. Blacks and whites were separated. Blacks had their own neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. Many were thriving. Of course, poverty still existed, as it does today. However, black children had both parents in the home, no drugs, no crime, no gangs, no prostitution, and public schools worked.

 

[gipper]

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

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Secondly, you have me confused with someone else. I prefer the tax rates of 1950 and have never complained about tax rates, dick lips.

So when Trump said that economically -- blacks are doing better than they have ever done in the history of the US -- you know that is a lie...correct??

and here is another reason I have zero respect for folks who talk this dumb shit.....

You dumb asses cry oppression and marxism over the slightest thing -- wearing a mask to go into a Walmart -- Starbucks putting Happy Holidays on their cups, goofy shit...

But you same muthafuckas will tell black folks in the 50's that they should shut up about REAL OPPRESSION because in your mind, you think they did better economically....

View attachment 389374

First and foremost, fuck off.

I merely agree with the columnist. In many ways 1950 America was a better nation than 2020 America, fuck face. This is no way means EVERYTHING was better in 1950. Are you intelligent enough to comprehend the nuance?

Do you think EVERYTHING is great in 2020?

I knew dimwits like you would rear your ugly head, when I posted the OP.

I don't give a fuck about your fragile ass feelings...

you were off on your insulated white aggreivement nostalgia kick -- and got pissed off when reality poked holes in your wet dream..fuk what you whining about....

Please don’t post. You’re completely off topic and FUCK YOU.

 

[gipper]

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.

Yes, I wasn’t born in the '50s so I didn’t live in his time but you just have to see the movies, the cars and everything to understand that everything was solid and it seemed good to live in those days.

what do you base people being healthier in the 50's on??

Any data to support that??

Like a life expectancy chart?

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Yes, medicine was not as advanced as today. not everything was perfect either but in my opinion it was better than today because today it is a world that turned cuckoo

An era that saw forced sterilizations, human experimentation without consent, no birth control, legally mandated segregation...would probably on look better to those who did not live it. or RWNJ's.

Do you need to be reminded of the many injustices that exist today?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

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

Wrong. It was a great time for every American. You’re just too dim witted to know.

Yea Jim Crow segregation was great, not being able to vote was great, lynching was pretty much a legal act in the Good Ole Days, a black man would be shot for looking at a white woman's dress hanging on a clothesline. Cowards running around in white sheets were seen as heroes. Yea 1950 was the Good Ole Days.

 

[gipper]

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

Wrong. It was a great time for every American. You’re just too dim witted to know.

Yea Jim Crow segregation was great, not being able to vote was great, lynching was pretty much a legal act in the Good Ole Days, a black man would be shot for looking at a white woman's dress hanging on a clothesline. Cowards running around in white sheets were seen as heroes. Yea 1950 was the Good Ole Days.

Unfortunately we still have many injustices today. Not much has changed on that front.

 

[rightwinger]

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Economically, blacks may have had more opportunities in the 1950s than today. Low skilled manufacturing jobs were in abundance. However, advancement beyond menial labor was generally not available to blacks.
There were few blacks in management and no blacks were allowed to supervise white workers. There were no blacks in mid or upper management.

To claim blacks had it better societally in the 1950s shows outright ignorance. In most of America they were treated as second class citizens and were restricted from public access

No. Blacks and whites were separated. Blacks had their own neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. Many were thriving. Of course, poverty still existed, as it does today. However, black children had both parents in the home, no drugs, no crime, no gangs, no prostitution, and public schools worked.

Separated but hardly equal.
As a whole, blacks did better economically because cities had large numbers of good paying low skill manufacturing jobs.
Blacks with good paying jobs bought houses, raised two parent families, didn’t have to resort to crime.

Once those jobs disintegrated, so did the black family structure.

 

[gipper]

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Economically, blacks may have had more opportunities in the 1950s than today. Low skilled manufacturing jobs were in abundance. However, advancement beyond menial labor was generally not available to blacks.
There were few blacks in management and no blacks were allowed to supervise white workers. There were no blacks in mid or upper management.

To claim blacks had it better societally in the 1950s shows outright ignorance. In most of America they were treated as second class citizens and were restricted from public access

No. Blacks and whites were separated. Blacks had their own neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. Many were thriving. Of course, poverty still existed, as it does today. However, black children had both parents in the home, no drugs, no crime, no gangs, no prostitution, and public schools worked.

Separated but hardly equal.
As a whole, blacks did better economically because cities had large numbers of good paying low skill manufacturing jobs.
Blacks with good paying jobs bought houses, raised two parent families, didn’t have to resort to crime.

Once those jobs disintegrated, so did the black family structure.

You can focus on the bad while ignoring the good. We sure have a lot of bad in 2020.

 

[Coyote]

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Economically, blacks may have had more opportunities in the 1950s than today. Low skilled manufacturing jobs were in abundance. However, advancement beyond menial labor was generally not available to blacks.
There were few blacks in management and no blacks were allowed to supervise white workers. There were no blacks in mid or upper management.

To claim blacks had it better societally in the 1950s shows outright ignorance. In most of America they were treated as second class citizens and were restricted from public access

No. Blacks and whites were separated. Blacks had their own neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. Many were thriving. Of course, poverty still existed, as it does today. However, black children had both parents in the home, no drugs, no crime, no gangs, no prostitution, and public schools worked.

Separated but hardly equal.
As a whole, blacks did better economically because cities had large numbers of good paying low skill manufacturing jobs.
Blacks with good paying jobs bought houses, raised two parent families, didn’t have to resort to crime.

Once those jobs disintegrated, so did the black family structure.

You can focus on the bad while ignoring the good. We sure have a lot of bad in 2020.

It's hard not to focus on the bad when it would have affected you personally...

 

[rightwinger]

First, blacks had it better in 1950 in almost every economic and societal factor than they do today.

Economically, blacks may have had more opportunities in the 1950s than today. Low skilled manufacturing jobs were in abundance. However, advancement beyond menial labor was generally not available to blacks.
There were few blacks in management and no blacks were allowed to supervise white workers. There were no blacks in mid or upper management.

To claim blacks had it better societally in the 1950s shows outright ignorance. In most of America they were treated as second class citizens and were restricted from public access

No. Blacks and whites were separated. Blacks had their own neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. Many were thriving. Of course, poverty still existed, as it does today. However, black children had both parents in the home, no drugs, no crime, no gangs, no prostitution, and public schools worked.

Separated but hardly equal.
As a whole, blacks did better economically because cities had large numbers of good paying low skill manufacturing jobs.
Blacks with good paying jobs bought houses, raised two parent families, didn’t have to resort to crime.

Once those jobs disintegrated, so did the black family structure.

You can focus on the bad while ignoring the good. We sure have a lot of bad in 2020.

1968 was much, much worse

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

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

Wrong. It was a great time for every American. You’re just too dim witted to know.

He's not wrong. Non-whites, especially blacks, won't necessarily share your sentiment. Discrimination was rampant against minorities in those days and blacks in particular were still being murdered by the KKK.