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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the sake of this thought experiment, assume you're not white. Now, which date in U.S. history would you go back to? The American dream is fine. [/quote] The American dream is alive and well because we used to enslave Black people and don't anymore. Checkmate, libs!!!![/quote] The point is that things are improving in America. Overall, it's a better place to live than it used to be. [/quote] The only way this is potentially not true is if you're white (and probably only if you're a white man.) No matter your race or gender, I don't think there's anybody who would want to live under the conditions present in this country prior to 1945. After 1980, the economic situation becomes pretty comparable to today even if you're a white man. So, maybe we're talking about a 20 year period from 1950 to 1970 where white men might find economic and social conditions more favorable than what they'd likely experience today? Individual situations will obviously vary. White Boomers are more the exception than the rule when it comes to the American experience overall. Overall, I think nostalgia is a helluva drug. It discounts technological, medical, and other advances that we take for granted. It minimizes the progress we've made for women and minorities. [/quote]
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