When up is down, and left is right, and black is white, and in is out, and rich is - well we don't talk about that - it's no wonder that people feel all twisted inside. It's like everyone in a position of authority is trying to lie to them!? (probably b/c everyone in a position of authority is trying to lie to them)

Which causes people to turn towards religion. Which causes them to vote for Donald Trump. Which causes the downturn of society, which causes... dayum, can this ever end in anything but death?

Sadly, I think not. The golden era of 50s & 60s are gone, and they are NEVER coming back. Plan to have a roommate, I guess, for the rest of your life...

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even that "Golden Era" was only golden for some people.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely, and I think it gets skewed even further by e.g. many TV shows and movies not even showing the presence of minorities at all. It's a collective blanket that gets pulled over people's heads.

But also, certain parts were legit better too (even as other parts were much worse), like there was an extremely brief period where the USA was not in one of the variety of forever wars, and supposedly a minimum wage really was a living wage somehow, at some point? (I'm not sure how many people got paid the *minimum" though, certainly fruit pickers would not be).

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd like to get to a time where the minimum wage actually supported a family. The top income tax rate being 70-90% was also a good thing.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

As I listen to people like the comedian George Carlin, who was talking about it before it happened and yet managed to lay it all out for us in advance, I realize that things were always going to head in this direction, and it was never going to be any different.

Therefore, for the sake of our own sanity, I think we need to let that go: it's never going to happen. The USA might not even survive the decade (imagine Trump winning, but even if he doesn't, is there any doubt that a GQP member will take the one after that? historically speaking, Dems never win successive elections), and if it does then the Dems will just cite how Congress blocked them at every turn, blaming the other side for why even with a majority they won't pass any laws related to e.g. school shootings.

Whatever happened in the past, it's over.