Were things better in the 50s

I know I am probably going to get severely attacked for this. Aside from the human rights violation Black people should have never been treated the way they were .

Do you think it was better when families were a priority and mothers were at home ? When kids could play safely outside until the street lights came on? When they could play Cowboys and Indians and ride their bikes, practically anywhere.? When people actually stood for the national anthem with their hand over their heart ? Law-enforcement was respected.? And going to church on Sunday was a priority?

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

We tend to look at the bright side of the past and not the bad parts. If you were a white male in the 1950s, life was great. If you were a woman or non-white, not so much. Everyone who lived in the US at that time has radionuclides in their bodies from atmospheric nuclear bomb testing. Automobile deaths were much higher per capita due to poor safety designs. We don’t realize sometimes how many things have improved with technology.

missyann · 56-60

@windinhishair I know that I certainly do.
I have said that the way black people were treated was one of the things of the that era that was bad.
I guess my point is that it was important that when families were a priority, the country was stronger

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@missyann I get your point. I think most people still make families a priority. No era is perfect, but I think we are better off now than during the 1950s

LeopoldBloom · M

@missyann In the 1950s, women couldn't open bank accounts without their husband's permission. It wasn't just Black people being oppressed.

The country was "stronger" because we had no international competition. Europe and the USSR were in a shambles, and China was still undeveloped. The US was the last man standing after World War Two. This had nothing to do with any inherent virtue the country had. Our infrastructure and manufacturing base was intact because we were protected from the rest of the world by oceans on two sides, and friendly countries on the other two sides.