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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1959-1998. All nations enter decline. The US has been there for quite some time now. [/quote]

Yeah.  Let’s look at 1959 to 1998.  We had Vietnam, the Iran hostage crisis, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. We also had the first Gulf War.  Nixon was freezing wages and prices and 15%+ mortgage rates.  The highest marginal tax rate was 90%. There were long lines for has, and in some places you could only get gas every other day.

In many cases, women could not: get abortions (hospitals had septic wards), get birth control unless married, get credit cards or bank accounts without a spouse’s okay, buy a house in their name, perform many jobs or attend many colleges. They could legally be fired for being pregnant. They could legally be paid less for doing the same job as a man, because it was assumed they were married to a man able to provide.  They couldn’t leave abusive marriage because they could support themselves and their kids and we had no fault divorce.

LGBTQ people were expected to stay in the closet and stay quiet. AIDS was spreading like wildfire and Reagan was fine with that.

The south was fighting desegregation with everything they could and we had poll taxes. They could buy homes in certain neighborhoods Many Black citizens couldn’t vote and discrimination based on race, religion, sex, ethnicity was legal in hiring.

I’m later Gen X. I’m sure it was a great time to be a straight white male with bone spurs or educational deferrals from Vietnam. Not so much for everyone else. Straight white men could be Masters of the Universe, treat everyone else poorly and legally discriminate.  They were handed the best jobs and educational opportunities without having to compete.  They could drop the N would and call openly call women b**ches and it was fine.

We were not at Peace. The economy was not amazing, the government taxed the wealthy at insanely high rates to do things like support state colleges and build infrastructure (which the opposite of MAGA) and everyone who wasn’t a straight white male and the ability to avoid the draft got shafted/ was legally a second class citizen.  MAGA!

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